Opinion
Well worth keeping an eye on the UK / Australia trade deal
UK International Trade Secretary Liz Truss MP went on to BBC last Sunday morning (April 25) to confirm that a...
Opinion
Opinion
The importance of soil – our roots have taught us
Plans have been unveiled to mark World Soil Day 2021. It takes place on Sunday December 5th highlighting the importance...
Opinion
UK beef prices could well take off over the next few years
If I was a betting man, which I am not, I would take a serious punt on UK beef prices...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: TAC report 'is a fig leaf for government to hide behind'
I’m concerned that the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) report, launched March 2, 2021, is merely a fig leaf for...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: It's now time to 'dissolve AHDB horticulture and punitive levy'
I’m writing to you as a carrot grower, an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) levy payer and chair of...
Opinion
China will control the tenor of the UK and global food markets
It can be taken for granted that the UK government intends securing free trade arrangements with countries around the world,...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: 'Let’s embrace the fact that we’re looking to utilise technology' in UK farming
It was great to hear the Environment Secretary George Eustice, position UK agriculture at the forefront of innovation at the...
N.Ireland
Chestnutt: Let’s use 2021 to show what the public can gain from backing NI farming
2020 has certainly been challenging for everyone and as we enter a new year, however, it’s important that as a...
Opinion
The work to secure PGI status for beef from Northern Ireland must start now
Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that the application to secure Protected Geographical Indication...
Opinion
Letter to the editor: Rejection of Agriculture Bill feels 'out of step with both industry and public sentiment'
While it is understandable that the government would not want to jeopardise future trade deals at this critical juncture, the...
Opinion
Farm Safety Week: 'It's hard to deny farming is the only UK industry which kills children in the workplace'
Farm Safety Week for 2020 may be nearly over, but vigilance must continue throughout the whole year writes NFU Scotland...
N.Ireland
Letter to the editor: ‘New Deal’ – from the Great Depression – needed for NI farming
We – in the Farmers For Action group – believe that no one can deny that the UK Chancellor of...
N.Ireland
Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’
Farmers supply what fills the supermarkets’ shelves. Life on Northern Ireland’s farms is not getting any easier, as Covid-19 tightens...
N.Ireland
Opinion: ‘We face a fast-paced, unfamiliar and invisible enemy – but we face it together’
By Edwin Poots – Minister for Agriculture for Northern Ireland As a nation, we are facing the biggest health crisis...
Dairy
Top NI dairy advisor calls for move to milk solids based pricing
One of Northern Ireland’s most respected agricultural advisors has called for the region’s dairy industry to make the move to...
Opinion
Is the climate change debate heading in the wrong direction for UK agriculture?
Brexit may well prove to be a minor hurdle relative to the challenge of climate change for UK agriculture over...
Opinion
Paying for cattle on the basis of meat yield just doesn’t stack up
At least one farm stakeholder group in the Republic of Ireland is now calling for cattle to be paid for...
Opinion
Bluetongue is the last problem we need
Recently saw the alarm bells ringing in Northern Ireland in the wake of a heifer imported from France testing positive...
