The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) welcomed the Minister of Agriculture, Environment, and Rural Affairs of Northern ...

The financial support will be available to fishermen who landed more than £1000 worth of brown eels in the 2024 season.

Testing has been ramped up after the first suspected Bluetongue case on the island of Ireland. Two cows have been culled after the alarm was raised at an abattoir close to Bangor, Co Down. Northern ...

A UUP MLA says the fact that the plans do not deal with the “appalling practice of euthanising healthy dogs just five days after they are not reclaimed” is disappointing. But Alliance minister Andrew ...

The Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Andrew Muir announced the £100,000 package to support fishermen after the eel-fishing season was abandoned in Summer 2025, for the first time in ...

A Northern Ireland-wide exclusion zone may have to be considered if further cases of bluetongue virus (BTV) are found, Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has said. On Friday, an additional 44 cases were ...

A new suspected case of bluetongue virus (BTV) has been discovered on a farm near Greyabbey in County Down, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) has said. Vets are ...

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has set up a Rural Data Hub.

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir said his officials were “urgently” examining the possibility of providing financial support for farmers.

The discovery of an invasive species of mussel for the first time in Northern Ireland will add further pressure to the “beleaguered” freshwater system, Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said. The ...

Herd keepers across Northern Ireland are to receive written advice from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) on cattle in their herds that previously gave an ...

Northern Ireland's Minister for the Environment is urging people with information to bring it to the police as the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said on Monday evening, April 7 that ...