N.Ireland
The vice chair of the NI AERA committee has welcomed the Assembly’s motion to support biomethane production from farm wastes.
The NI AERA committee has discussed a Private Members’ Bill, drawn up with the aim of re-introducing Areas of Natural Constraint payments.
Agri-Business
A Private Members Bill proposing the reinstatement of support payments for ANC in Northern Ireland has received more than 1,000 responses.
Environment
The UFU has come out in support of a proposed bill to reintroduce an Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) payment for Northern Ireland.
Schemes
"Preliminary checks are to begin on farmers online BPS applications in the coming days," DAERA reports.
