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Minister Poots: ‘Fund will help rural communities and businesses, revitalise, innovate and expand’
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has visited towns in County Tyrone to encourage small and rural businesses to apply for £2.7million funding recently announced by his Department.
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Minister Poots: 'Grant schemes will allow businesses to stay at the top of the tree'
Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots MLA has said access to three separate grant schemes totalling £2.7 million will allow rural businesses to innovate and expand.
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The farm’s most valuable asset is you and your family - Poots
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA has urged Northern Ireland's farmers and farm families to look after their physical health and mental wellbeing at the launch of a new campaign aimed at protecting the most valuable...
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EFS Wider Level to open for applications
The application window for tranche four of the Environmental Farming Scheme Wider Level (EFS) will open on Monday 17 August 2020, DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced.
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EFS applicants can avail of support at DAERA Direct offices
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced that digital assistance support will be available in the DAERA Direct offices on a strict appointment only basis to assist with applications to Tranche 4 of the Environmental...
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Poots meets with farmers and stakeholders on the north coast
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots MLA spent the day on the north coast meeting farmers and stakeholders to discuss a number of current issues.
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Attention to detail essential for successful potato desiccation following Diquat withdrawal
For a number of years Diquat has been widely used to desiccate local potato crops. Following the withdrawal of the substance from the market in 2019 and a final use up date of February 4...
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Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics released
Provisional Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics for January to March 2020 have been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.
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Trees that are ‘delightful to the eye' are also useful to humans and a haven for wildlife
One small useful tree you may have growing on your farm, but perhaps not thought about much, is the hardy rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) or 'mountain ash'. Its leaves look like the much bigger Ash tree...
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Simon roots for success
A local College of Agriculture and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) and Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) Master’s student is striving for success in the European ‘From Leaf to Root: Holistic use of Vegetables’ project. Simon Hegarty, from...
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Extensions to appointments on the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced the extension to the term of appointment for three Members of the DAERA Statutory advisory body, the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC) commencing on 01...
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A further £1.7million allocated to NI’s fishing fleet
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has announced up to £1.7million for Northern Ireland’s fishing fleet to help it deal with the impacts of Covid-19 on the markets for key species.
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DAERA publishes Farm Business Data 2020
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) today announced publication of the ‘Farm Business Data 2020’ farm planning handbook.
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Northern Ireland beef ships to US citizens
Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has visited WD Meats, one of two Northern Ireland beef processors to be granted access to the US market for the first time in 20 years, in an historic moment for...
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Minister urges the public to have their say on monitoring the health of our seas
Environment Minister Edwin Poots MLA has urged people in Northern Ireland to help Government to achieve the UK wide vision for clean, healthy, safe, productive and biologically diverse seas by having their say on proposals...
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Northern Ireland soon to take a step forward on clean air
Northern Ireland will soon move forward on a clean air strategy that aims to make our air quality better, improve our health and wellbeing, reduce pollutants in the air we breathe and protect the environment
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Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA) 14 September 2020
DAERA Minister Edwin Poots MLA participated in the September meeting of the Inter Ministerial Group for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (IMG EFRA)
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CAFRE/Teagasc announce second Dairy Calf to Beef WebEx Event
Following on from the first very successful dairy beef calf rearing webinar CAFRE and Teagasc are once again coming together to deliver a further event on October 15, 2020 at 7.30pm.
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Soil Health: Looking after what you've got
Soil is every farm’s greatest asset. It’s a multi-functional resource and supports many ecosystem services including: food production; nutrient cycling; carbon storage; water purification; and, a habitat for biodiversity.
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Poots announces £645,000 investment for environmental projects
Environment Minister Edwin Poots today announced the allocation of an additional £645,000 of funding to environmental projects across Northern Ireland through two strands of the Environment Fund (EF).