Agri-Business
UK farming unions urge new MEPs to engage with farming communities
Four of the main UK farming union presidents are calling on the UK’s new MEPs to listen to the views...
Agri Politics
Agri-Business
New MEPs must use 'skill and diplomacy' to avoid a No-Deal Brexit
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is urging politicians from across the political spectrum to avoid knee-jerk reactions to the outcome...
Agri-Business
Committee puts pressure on supermarkets' supplier payment practices
The chairman of the UK Parliament’s Business Committee has piled pressure on some of the UK’s biggest supermarkets over their...
Agri Politics
May departure: Farming's reaction to PM's resignation
The UK’s farming bodies have warned May’s resignation means yet more uncertainty and a return to the possibility of a...
Agri Politics
FUW urges against Brexit protest votes in EU election
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has warned that ‘protest votes’ in Thursday’s EU election in favour of hard-line Brexit...
Agri Politics
Work on UK frameworks and funding are still essential, FUW tells new Defra Minister
On his first visit to Wales, the UK’s new Minister for Agriculture was warned that work on a UK framework...
Agri Politics
UK granted October extension to Brexit
The UK has been granted another extension to Article 50, again pushing out the date at which it is due...
Agri-Business
UK unions reach out to European farmers on Brexit
UK farming unions are reaching out to their counterparts on the continent to seek support in avoiding a ‘no-deal’ Brexit....
Agri Politics
Politicians in line of fire at UFU annual dinner
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Ivor Ferguson has derided Northern Ireland’s politicians for allowing the Stormont Executive and Assembly to...
Schemes
CLA: 'We should be wary of normalising bridging payments'
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) as welcomed the announcement that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will begin making...
Agri Politics
UK formally requests second Brexit extension to June 30
Prime Minister Theresa May has today, Friday, April 5, sent a letter to President of the European Council Donald Tusk,...
Agri Politics
Parliament to force prime minister to request further Brexit extension
The parliament has voted by a majority of just one solitary vote to force the prime minister, Theresa May, to...
Agri Politics
UK to seek further Brexit extension 'to leave in timely and orderly way'
The UK is to seek a further extension to Article 50 for “as short as possible” to secure a timely...
Agri Politics
FUW: Revoke Article 50 to stop 'ticking Brexit time bomb'
The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) has reacted to the latest votes in the House of Commons, again arguing that...
Agri Politics
Still no Brexit consensus after parliament vote
The House of Commons in London has once again voted down a range of options for determining a way forward...
Agri Politics
TFA: Additional time granted for Brexit negotiations must be used wisely
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is urging MPs to work constructively over the next few days to make the most...
Agri Politics
'Farming roundtable' calls for parliament to deliver Brexit certainty
The ‘UK Farming Roundtable’, made up of representatives from 13 separate agricultural lobby groups, has written a letter to MPs...
Agri Politics
MPs to vote on withdrawal agreement motion tomorrow...with a twist
The House of Commons will vote on a new motion on the Brexit withdrawal agreement tomorrow (Friday, March 29), the...
