Agriculture

Andrew Muir comments

£700,000 support to support Northern Ireland’s eel industry

Aerial view of Mobuoy dumping site contamination

Minister to learn cost of cleaning up illegal Mobuoy dump site in coming weeks

Andrew Muir

Stormont minister reaffirms climate action following record hot summer

Jaswinder Kaur, at a community allotment in Tipton

'Getting my own allotment in Tipton helped me overcome depression'

Farming star Harriet Cowan has written a book about her life on the farm

Clarkson's Farm fans can pre-order Harriet Cowan's new book for free

Staffordshire County Show in Stafford. Freya Barkas and Hannah Thacker.

21 fantastic photos of Staffordshire's big day out in the country

Blue-green algae on Lough Neagh

Muir to seek support to end NI Water protection from environmental penalties

Muir urges MLAs to back bid for independent environmental protection agency

Lough Neagh algae blight is significant crisis for all Ireland, says McDonald

Stormont declared ‘crime scene’ over environmental crisis at Lough Neagh

Muir ‘fast losing patience’ with Infrastructure Department over water pollution

Claim of ‘battle a day’ at Stormont Executive a ‘surprise to me’ – Nesbitt

‘Battle a day’ at Stormont Executive, says minister

‘Power of peatlands’ embraced in new strategy to tackle climate crisis

Environmental crisis at Lough Neagh ‘has become a political problem’

Call for urgent cross-party action to save Lough Neagh

Family pleads for the release of a Nepali student abducted by Hamas
Bipin Joshi, now 25, was among 17 Nepali students studying agriculture in southern Israel during the October 7 2023 Hamas attack that ignited the war.
Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press

JCB launches electric ultra-compact loader

Strategic hire sees law firm expand into agriculture market

Government should keep offering visas to seasonal workers, advisers say

Farming leader urges parties to back food production as sector on ‘knife-edge’

Wolverhampton has UK's highest rate of businesses going out of existence

Crowds descend on the Staffordshire County Show

Climate change ‘may boost yields in Europe, but raises risk of crop diseases’

Future looks bright despite virus as Lord works towards 100-year plan

Peers signal parliamentary battle awaits Government over UK food standards

Farm pioneers mixture of ‘rewilding’ and sustainable agriculture

New laws to reward farmers for boosting wildlife and tackling climate change
Government introduces new Agriculture Bill which will govern the sector in England after Brexit.
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