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March 4, 2021 8:00 am
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has said he is considering financial support for organic milk producers and sheep farmers affected by the downturn in wool prices resulting from Covid-19.
However, the minister’s comments come just a week after it emerged his department had failed to bid for any of the latest round of Covid-19 relief money set aside by the Assembly.
Speaking during Minister’s Questions on Tuesday (March 2), Minister Lyons said legislation needed to grant £4.2 million of previously-announced payments for pig and poultry farmers would come through the Assembly over the next few days, adding that he hoped the money could reach farmers by the end of the month.
Two more tranches of EFS confirmed
There will be two more tranches of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) in NI, Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has said.
In response to a written question from West Tyrone MLA Declan McAleer, Minister Lyons said that around 5,000 farmers have participated in EFS over the first four tranches.
“Two further tranches are planned, subject to the necessary approvals,” the minister confirmed.
The previous plan within DAERA was that the fourth tranche of EFS, which opened in 2020, would be the final intake of applications.
Unprecedented bird flu risk in NI
The risk that avian influenza poses to the NI poultry sector is “still the highest it has ever been”, Agriculture Minister Gordon Lyons has said.