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Tag Archives: Agriculture and rural development
Act now to save forest walks, urges Swann
Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and Chairperson of the Stormont Employment and Learning Committee, has warned of the “severe financial losses which will occur if the Sinn Fein Farming Minister does not implement an urgent regeneration programme to the Glenariff Forest Park walks”. Assemblyman Swann, who is also North Antrim Chairman and Party Chief Whip, said; “This urgency plan is required to be implemented as soon as possible and must not become empty rhetoric as the current situation is having an adverse effect on tourism and locals who use the forest for recreation purposes. “To combat this dire situation, I asked the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development to detail firstly, why the walks in Glenariff Forest Park are due to close; and secondly, for how long will they be closed. “In her response to me, the Minister said the walks in Glenariff … Continue reading
Swann organises meeting to aid snow-hit farmers
Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and Chairman of the Stormont Employment and Learning Committee, has joined forces with fellow politicians to organise an important meeting with farmers from North and East Antrim who were affected by the recent snow blizzards. Assemblyman Swann is North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip and is a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster. He said: “I believe it is important that the Stormont farming committee has the full opportunity to be fully briefed, so that it can ensure the Department responds appropriately. “This was when I was approached by my party colleague and Moyle councillor Sandra Hunter and I contacted the DARD Committee to take evidence from this group. “The group highlighted their own difficulties and those of their friends and neighbours, and drew attention not just the financial hardship that many farmers … Continue reading
Swann urges farmers to apply for weather cash
Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and Chairman of the Stormont Employment and Learning Committee, has urged farmers who have lost livestock as a result of the recent snowstorms to write to DARD at the earliest opportunity stating their case so that they do not lose out on their 2014 Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances (LFACA) claim. Assemblyman Swann, who is also North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip, was speaking after a Ministerial statement on the severe weather and its impact on the farming community. Mr Swann said: “Our North Antrim constituency was one of the main areas of Northern Ireland which suffered the most as a result of these snowstorms. “So it is absolutely crucial that North Antrim farmers who have lost stock in the recent bad weather contact the Department of Agriculture before 15 May so that their LFACA claim … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture and rural development, farmers, force majeure, Less Favoured Area Compensatory Allowances (LFACA) claim, north antrim, Northern Ireland, Robin Swann MLA, Single Application Form, snowstorms, ulster unionist, UUP
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Swann seeks guarantees for dairy farmers
Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and Chairman of the Stormont Employment and Learning Committee, has challenged the Sinn Fein Farming Minister to outline what proposals she is putting in place to sustain and develop the dairy sector given that milk quotas are to be abolished. Assemblyman Swann is North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip as well as being a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster. Mr Swann said: “In her response to me, the minister said she was having ongoing discussions with Minister Simon Coveney from the Irish Republic on a whole range of issues, and that the dairy sector was one of them. “She said Northern Ireland sends about 20% of the milk that we produce to the South, so it is an important market for the local dairy sector and how it sells its product. “She … Continue reading
Swann urges Farming Minister to “declare war” on BVD
Mr Robin Swann, the Ulster Unionist Party Assembly member for North Antrim and Chairman of the Stormont Employment and Learning Committee, has called on the Sinn Fein Farming Minister to “declare open and relentless war against the threat posed to the agricultural sector by Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD). Assemblyman Swann is also North Antrim UUP Chairman and Party Chief Whip as well as a Past President of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster movement. Mr Swann said: “The Sinn Fein Farming Minister must ensure that all financial and physical resources are provided to local vets to combatthe impact of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) in the North Antrim constituency and she must give a guarantee that efforts are currently underway to combat the viral disease. “BVD causes a variety of clinical outcomes that range from the inapparent (sub-clinical) to the more severe including abortion, infertility, and immuno-suppression that underlies calf respiratory … Continue reading
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Tagged Agriculture and Rural Development, Agriculture and rural development, AHWNI, Animal Health and Welfare NI, Bovine Viral Diarrhoea, BVD, BVD eradication scheme, Farming Minister, funding, Investment, north antrim, Robin Swann MLA, Sinn Fein, ulster unionist, UUP
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