Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons MLA has announced the introduction of a pilot payment scheme for protein crops.

Economy Minister Diane Dodds today announced that the Executive has agreed to the launch of a consultation on options for the future of the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme, including its potential closure.

Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has announced that the local Surveillance Zones around both premises where Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N8 was confirmed in Northern Ireland have been lifted, and movement restrictions removed.

Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons MLA, has announced a financial support package worth up to £2m for poultry farmers producing hatching eggs who were impacted last year by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Northern Ireland greenhouse gas projection statistics based on 2018 greenhouse gas inventory statistics have been published today by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).