N.Ireland
FFA: Deal or no deal, Brexit is still a train wreck
Farmers For Action (FFA) has written to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to seek a two-year extension to the...
FFA
N.Ireland
Calls for urgent TB roundtable talks as FFA warns ‘farmers have suffered enough’
Farmers For Action has warned Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture not to use Brexit transition deadlines as “an excuse” to...
N.Ireland
Farm group threatens legal action following Agriculture Bill vote
Agricultural lobby group Farmers For Action (FFA) has warned farmers could take legal action should future UK trade deals undermine...
Agri-Business
NI’s £25 million Covid-19 support will ‘go to those who need it most’
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has said Northern Ireland’s £25 million Covid-19 support fund will be “targeted...
N.Ireland
Covid-19 makes case to end rural school closures says FFA
The Covid-19 pandemic has proved the social value of smaller, rural schools, according to a Northern Ireland farm lobby group....
Agri-Business
Proposed red diesel changes could cost farmers 50p/L
Plans to ditch the red diesel rebate expected to appear in the Chancellor’s next Budget could cost working farmers as much...
Beef
Beef Crisis meeting: Almost 200 NI farmers back new farm organisation plans
Almost 200 farmers from across Northern Ireland attended a ‘beef crisis meeting’ held last night in Cookstown – many angry...
Beef
New farm groups alliance to host Northern Ireland beef crisis meeting
A new producer group alliance has come together under the name NI Farm Groups to host a ‘beef crisis meeting’...
N.Ireland
FFA requests meeting with UK competition authorities
The ongoing beef protests across Ireland has brought “a number of questions for beef processors, corporate food retailers and corporate...
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
Dairy processors slammed for missing summer marketing opportunities
A farm lobby group has accused the dairy processors of “missing a trick” when it comes to milk marketing over...
N.Ireland
Farmers For Action walk out of Ammonia Stakeholder Forum
A Northern Ireland farm lobby group has said that a number of “intolerable” issues and “lack of independent advice” have caused...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland farmers take on Vegan Society
A Northern Ireland farming lobby body has taken on one of the biggest vegan organisations in the world, demanding that...
Dairy
'A 200 cow dairy farm in Northern Ireland could lose £100,000 this year'
A 200 cow dairy farm in Northern Ireland could lose £100,000 (€112,210) this year, according to William Taylor who is...
