N.Ireland
Northern Irish politicians have warned that farmers and other key industries are facing growing pressure as fuel and other input costs rise.
MP Carla Lockhart has urged the Labour government to support the agri-food sector rather than “powering ahead” with inheritance tax reforms.
2025 has “definitely been a year of unprecedented challenges” for farming in Northern Ireland, according to Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart.
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has described the EU’s Mercosur trade agreement as a potential “serious threat” to the NI agri-food sector.
NI MPs have recently alerted the UK government of a “potential crisis” regarding the supply of veterinary medicines into Northern Ireland.
The UFU said the inheritance tax proposals as "not fair, not workable, and not grounded in a proper understanding of NI’s farming structure."
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has announced that she will campaigning for new measures to tackle thefts of ATVs and GPS units in NI
Environment
Upper Bann MP, Carla Lockhart has said that there is an “ongoing anti-farming agenda” coming from DAERA and its minister, Andrew Muir
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is calling for the development of a fair and equitable Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) in Northern Ireland
Opposition continues to mount against the draft NAP proposals announced recently by DAERA Minister Andrew Muir.
Agri Politics
The National Farmers Union (NFU) has called for increased UK food security following the Spring Statement by chancellor Rachel Reeves.
Carla Lockhart, has called on the DAERA and the Stormont Assembly to introduce grant funding for generators in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a regulatory programme for cell cultivated products...
MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, has said that the seizure of illegal meat at the Port of Larne is ‘deeply concerning’.
DAERA's new sustainable agriculture programme “has failed to deliver” for sheep farmers in NI, according to Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart.
MP Carla Lockhart has urged families to donate pre-loved farm toys to the National Farmers’ Union...
MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, has pledged her support for ‘Februdairy’, which aims...
DUP spokesperson for environment, food and rural affairs, MP Carla Lockhart, has reassured Northern Ireland’s (NI) 53,000 gun holders that the new firearms licensing fees, announced by the home office earlier this
Upper Bann MP, Carla Lockhart, has challenged the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves to...
Concern is mounting in some political spheres about the lack of a ban on the import of livestock...
DUP Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs spokesperson, MP Carla Lockhart has accused the EU of having “double standards” as some...
Beef farmers in Northern Ireland are being reminded that they must ‘opt-in’ to the Beef Carbon Reduction Scheme (BCR) on or before the Dece
The DUP Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs spokesperson, MP Carla Lockhart has welcomed the new Farm Safety Partnership (FSP)...
