N.Ireland
Pics: Theresa May lands on Co. Down dairy farm for Brexit tour
British Prime Minister Theresa May has been spotted on a farm in Bangor, Co. Down, as part of a tour...
Brexit
N.Ireland
'Green' farm subsidies could include better housing and intact tail payments
Payments for intact tails and better housing could be made as part of new ‘green’ farm subsidies planned for the...
N.Ireland
Customs Union announcement could put UK sector up against cheaper imports
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Barclay Bell has said he is “concerned” that the UK wants to apply its own tariffs...
N.Ireland
UK subsidy changes could hit more than 1 in 5 farmers in first year
UK subsidy changes could “free up £150 million for the environment and other public goods”, a consultation launched today has...
Opinion
Have the North’s MLAs gone MIA?
‘Missing in Action’ (MIA) is a term used by the military for combatants who cannot be accounted for after some...
N.Ireland
Resilience, welfare, environment and bureaucracy to take centre stage in future UK subsidy plans
Fewer inspections; maintaining soil quality, clean rivers and wildlife habitats; and farm open days are all likely to form part...
N.Ireland
'More to come' as UK food and farming sector bodies unite over Brexit trade impact
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Barclay Bell has said there is “more to come” in terms of the sector’s Brexit...
N.Ireland
UK red meat exports surpass the £1.2 billion mark
UK red meat exports surpassed the £1.2 billion (€1.35 billion) mark in 2017, according to the latest figures from HM...
N.Ireland
Letter: UK agriculture begs Government for Brexit protection
Almost 40 UK farming and agri-food industry bodies have banded together to write to Number 10 demanding the Government acts...
N.Ireland
Farmers suffering 'Brexit fatigue' as talks process hits critical stage
Ulster farmers are becoming sickened with Brexit talk, Ulster Farmers’ Union deputy president Ivor Ferguson told journalists at the UFU’s...
N.Ireland
The future of arable: Can we compete with £60/t?
With a push towards lower subsidies, no likely advances towards GM and foreign competition on the cards – growers in...
Arable
Growers urged to review 5-point arable farm 'bucket list' before Brexit
Tillage farmers – regardless of their size or location in the country – should focus on a five-point ‘bucket list’ to...
N.Ireland
Brexit modelling: How the likely options will hit tillage
Post-Brexit subsidy changes will have a much bigger effect on farm viability than any other factor, according to one of...
N.Ireland
If the Brexit vote happened today, UK agriculture would vote 'remain'
More than two-thirds of those in British agriculture would vote to remain if the UK’s EU Referendum took place now,...
N.Ireland
Gove's Oxford Farming Conference remarks 'an insult to farmers'
Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has hit out at comments made today at the Oxford Farming Conference by UK...
Agri-Business
Direct payments in the UK set to be maintained for 'a number of years'
This morning the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, gave assurances that Basic Payment...
N.Ireland
NI indepth: 'Most of my meetings are held around the kitchen table and I really enjoy that'
For Tyrone farmer’s son, Rodney Brown, work as Danske’s new deputy head of agriculture is about much more than just farmers’ finances....
N.Ireland
NI indepth: Farming with WhatsApp and taking Brexit by the horns
It’s not easy being a Co. Down man at the top of Scottish agri-politics while also running an 800-cow dairy...
