Retaining the exemption to the nitrates law has become harder over the last two decades, as EU officials put increasing ...

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

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

"Bluetongue is an unpredictable virus that can be spread rapidly by midges through and between flocks and herds," NI ...

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

A new report has found that 90% of Ireland's EU-protected habitats are in 'unfavourable' conservation status, with 51% ...

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

Farmers, some of who have spent thousands getting their cattle ready to exhibit at this year's Royal Ulster Winter Fair, are ...

FRS Training’s in-house learning platform, conceived, designed and built from the ground up. “Flex really sums up what it ...

Suspected cases of Bluetongue virus were identified in cows on a third Co Down farm today – but resilient Ulster farmers ...

The decision was described as having been taken because of the ongoing risk and uncertainty regarding bluetongue in Northern ...

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