N.Ireland
Letter to the editor: Conflict must not overshadow climate concerns
While our thoughts are with the people of the Ukraine, some of the polarised arguments circulating in response to the...
Letter to the editor
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
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...
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...
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...
