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

A temporary control zone is in place as vets investigate the first suspected case of bluetongue virus on the island of ...

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

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 ...

Ireland had the second highest greenhouse gas emissions per person in the European Union, latest comparisons show. Emissions ...

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 ...

​​The Department of Agriculture has announced plans to allow some animal movements in the wake of the recent Bluetongue outbreaks.

Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture said testing of livestock on nearby farms is continuing. | UTV News ...