Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the ...

Welcoming the derogation extension, Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon said the Habitats Directive needs to be re-looked ...

The European Union has granted a three-year extension of Ireland's nitrates derogation, following a vote by the EU Nitrates ...

Irish dairy farmers will enjoy a three-year extension to a derogation allowing them to spread higher levels of fertiliser on ...

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir has dismissed online speculation that the spread of bluetongue in Northern Ireland is due to ...

The chair of Stormont's agriculture committee fears EU rules which could block 40% of animal medicines from Northern Ireland ...

TDs highlighted Ireland’s “shameful reputation” as the puppy farm capital of Europe with up to 30,000 animals exported ...

Bluetongue suspected in second herd in Co Down - A second temporary control zone has been established around the farm near ...

The EU Nitrates Committee meets on Tuesday and may extend Ireland's nitrates derogation by up to three years. At the same ...

Widespread culling ‘not the response’ to bluetongue in Northern Ireland – Muir - Stormont Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir ...

MORE cases of bluetongue have been confirmed in a herd of cows in Co Down. Two cases of the disease were confirmed at a farm ...