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Organic farmer had licence suspended for two years

An organic farmer had his licence suspended for two years following an inspection that led to the detection of a "critical infringement"

Bumper harvest for Northern Ireland s farmers but cost rises temper mood

Bumper harvest for Northern Ireland s farmers but cost rises temper mood
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NI: £2 43bn gross output with dairy adding most value in 2021

Total gross output for agriculture in Northern Ireland rose by 9% within one year reaching £2.43 billion in 2021, according to the DAERA.

New group calls for hedgerow-specific legislation to be introduced

Image source: Hedgerows Ireland A new national organisation, Hedgerows Ireland, is calling for specific legislation to be introduced to protect ‘Ireland’s rainforests’ – native hedgerow. The group recently met with, and stated its concerns and aims to, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett and Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan. Its message was clear – it wants new legislation in the form of an amendment to the Wildlife Act that will specifically protect hedgerows. According to the Teagasc Irish hedge map, Ireland is home to approximately 450,000km – or 6.4% of cover – of hedgerows, individual trees and non-forest woodland and scrub.

Poots to reduce cross-compliance penalties in NI

Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced plans to reduce cross-compliance penalties for 2021. Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) are requirements of area-based schemes such as the Basic Payment Scheme, Greening Payment and Young Farmers Reserve. The regulations cover the environment, climate change, public health, animal health and plant health and animal welfare, in addition to maintaining all their land in good agricultural and environmental condition. Where the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs finds a cross-compliance breach at inspection, a penalty is applied to the scheme payment. How are cross-compliance penalities calculated? The cross-compliance penalty regime includes two penalty matrices which set out the penalties to be applied depending on whether a non-compliance is found to be either intentional or negligent.

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