Andrew Muir

""This funding represents a joint commitment to our island's largest freshwater lake and a substantial investment in its future.""

"There are no quick fixes for the wider issues threatening our environment."

"The revised NAP was critical to improving water quality and creating a thriving, resilient and environmentally sustainable future for agriculture."

"Woodland cover delivers so many benefits, whether it's in relation to carbon storage, but also in terms of nature recovery, in terms of better resilience, in terms of flooding - there's multiple benefits associated with that."

"bTB continued to have a devastating impact on farmers, their families and rural communities."

"the days of the Ulster Farmers' Union dictating government policy are over"

"The agriculture sector as a whole performed strongly in 2025 with high prices for most commodities particularly milk and beef. While these results are positive, I recognise that market prices have fallen considerably in 2026 while input costs have risen with an uncertain outlook for the period ahead."