N.Ireland
Border farms could get ‘tax-free status’ post-Brexit
Border farms and businesses could be given ‘tax-free status’ to ease post-EU trade pressures, the UK’s Brexit Secretary has said....
Brexit
N.Ireland
Border farms could get 'tax-free status' post-Brexit
Border farms and businesses could be given ‘tax-free status’ to ease post-EU trade pressures, the UK’s Brexit Secretary has said....
N.Ireland
'Brexit must herald an agricultural revolution'
The UK’s farming unions have called on the Government to facilitate an ‘agricultural revolution’ post-Brexit – but what exactly does...
Agri-Business
'Close to 100% of UK farms could be worse off after Brexit'
The high levels of uncertainty that continue to surround Brexit just a year out from the UK’s departure of the...
N.Ireland
Tea with May: Down farmer requests 'end to calendar farming'
Co. Down dairy farmer Stephen Jackson couldn’t have gone much higher when he took the ‘calendar farming’ concerns of thousands...
N.Ireland
Tea with May: Down farmer requests ‘end to calendar farming’
Co. Down dairy farmer Stephen Jackson couldn’t have gone much higher when he took the ‘calendar farming’ concerns of thousands...
N.Ireland
Theresa May visit: See behind the scenes on the Co. Down farm...
Father and son David and Stephen Jackson run their farm together in North Down, but Brexit and challenges with the border...
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...
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
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...
