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Minister of Agriculture

Harvest time in the Sperrins. 13 September 1960. PRONI Reference: D4069/9/1. Picture: The Deputy Keeper of the Records, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

BYGONE DAYS: Pig scheme will reduce pig imports in favour of local produce

Judging of silage on the farm of Dunleath Estates, Ballywalter, Co Down, in February 1982, which was to go into the final of the British Grassland Society's UK competition. The judges were Mr Alan Kyle, the winner in 1981, Mr Ken Nelson of ICI, and Mrs Alan Edwards, East of Scotland Agricultural College. Picture: Farming Life archives

BYGONE DAYS: Ulster MPs urge bonus for province embattled producers

Gordon Lyons at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye.

Senior ministerial role for East Antrim MLA Gordon Lyons

Harvester in operation with Scrabo Hill in the distance in September 1980. Picture: Farming Life archives

BYGONE DAYS: Prime Minister in attendance at society’s annual farming show

Nearly 100,000 mink are to be culled at a farm in Spain, after over three quarters of the animals tested positive for coronavirus, according to health authorities (Photo: Shutterstock)

More than 1 million mink have tested positive for coronavirus - as Spain prepare...

The Ulster Premier Lord Craigavon, first from the left, with the Minister of Agriculture, Sir Basil Brooke, second from left, watch tractor ploughing students gain some valuable tips in November 1939. PICTURE: News Letter Archives

THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Farmers deserve 'a fair crack of the whip', says Ulster PM

The clean up at the site on the Mobuoy Road could cost between £20m and £100m.

Mobuoy clean up costs could exceed £100m

The agricultural industry in the North is set to lose £1,497.7m

McGlone wants First Minister to explain how she can lead agriculture through £1...

Former Environment Minister Mark Durkan at Mobuoy with Alan Warwick, Northern Ireland Environment Agency Water Quality Inspector.

Mobuoy bill potentially £140m with remediation report due in December