Beef
No-deal set to cost NI beef and sheep industry £230 million a year
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could cost Northern Ireland’s beef and sheep industry as much as £230 million a year, industry-commissioned research...
Brexit
Agri-Business
Norbrook: NI would be disproportionately hit with no-deal impact
Veterinary pharmaceutical giant Norbrook has urged the UK government to avoid a no-deal Brexit, citing that the impact of such...
Agri-Business
Welsh vets receive training to provide Export Health Certificates post-Brexit
The Welsh Government has committed £96,000 of funding to train veterinary surgeons to certify produce of animal origin in the...
Agri-Business
May: Westminster seeks amendment to backstop – not removal
The UK Government and Westminster in general is not seeking an entire removal of the Northern Irish backstop, but rather...
Sheep
Welsh Red Meat Summit: ‘No-deal’ threat puts sector in ‘perilous position’
Red meat industry leaders are warning that the industry sits in a “perilous position” as the threat of a no-deal...
Agri-Business
‘People are starting to get jittery’: Brexit nerves grow among border farms
Farmers and agribusinesses on both sides of the Northern Irish border are getting increasingly concerned as a no-deal Brexit looks...
Agri-Business
Commons votes have 'done little' to provide Brexit certainty
UK farm union leaders have warned they are still ‘hugely concerned’ about how Brexit will play out following a series...
Agri-Business
'Disastrous' impacts of leaving the customs union and single market 'already being felt'
FUW president Glyn Roberts has warned that the disastrous impacts of leaving the EU, the customs union and single market...
Agri-Business
NI sheep farmers would be ‘out of business’ after no-deal
Ivor Ferguson, president of the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU), has warned that many sheep farmers in Northern Ireland would be...
Agri-Business
Livestock Information Service can transform livestock sector – NFU president
NFU president Minette Batters has praised the Livestock Information Service, saying it has the potential to transform UK livestock farming...
N.Ireland
Brexit: Farmers For Action calls for second referendum
A farm lobby body in Northern Ireland has called for a second referendum on Brexit in a desperate bid to...
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru to host red meat summit
NFU Cymru has organised a special livestock summit examining the challenges facing the Welsh red meat sector post-Brexit. The event...
Agri Politics
Brexit: 'British farming has lost the one thing which gave it confidence'
Farming organisations and lobby bodies have warned that British agriculture faces a precarious future following last night’s House of Commons...
Agri-Business
'Brexit or no Brexit; deal or no deal, we have 66 million mouths to feed'
NFU president Minette Batters has warned that leaving the EU without a deal could leave the country reliant on lower...
Agri-Business
UK farming industry urges MPs to take action to avoid 'no-deal' Brexit
Four of the main UK farming unions have today urged MPs to take steps for the UK to avoid a...
Agri-Business
TFA roadshow to focus on post-Brexit opportunities and challenges
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is holding a series of seven evening meetings across England to provide some post Brexit signposts...
Beef
MP calls for ‘serious consideration’ of meat tax measures
A politician in the UK has called for “serious consideration” of measures such as a meat tax in an address...
Agri-Business
NFU outlines its top 3 priorities for 2019 in New Year's message
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Minette Batters has said she is ready to make 2019 the start of a national...
