Energy and Environment

Fermanagh up in arms at proposed CAP deal

Richard Halleron reports on calls for a continued one-region and flat rate system, put forward by several hundred small farmers.…

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Bringing small food producers to the policy table

Down District Council and the Ulster Business School are working to highlight the needs of smaller players in the agri-food…

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Sustainable intensification

Seamus Kennedy talks to Owen McQuade about AFBI’s international development and its role in supporting the agri-food sector’s Going for…

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Conference delivers upbeat perspective

A positive attitude prevailed at agendaNi’s agri-food seminar but delegates also saw the need for better prices to underpin growth…

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CAP reform update

Last June saw the European Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament signing up to an outline CAP…

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Redmeat sector set for growth

Phelim O’Neill contends that meat producers need to focus on quality and take nothing for granted if they are to…

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Potential golden era for agri-food

Owen Brennan, Chairman of agri-technology firm Devenish Nutrition, has highlighted the economic importance of the agriculture and food sectors. Devenish…

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Dairy will ‘go for growth’

Dairy UK’s Northern Ireland Director, Mike Johnston, summarised the prospects for this sector at the agri-food seminar. Speaking at the…

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