FUNDING has been expanded to cover a further four years of research into the Teagasc-led Agricultural Catchments Programme, an analysis of soil usage in six different study areas.

Two dead swans have tested negative for the H5N1 strain of bird flu at a UK reserve where three birds were earlier found infected with the deadly virus.

THE Department of Agriculture is awaiting results from four batches of Thai chicken sent to a Belfast laboratory to undergo tests for the presence of banned drugs.