Opinion
NFU has gotten its principles all wrong
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is at least one ‘principle’ short, if my reading of the organisation’s latest Brexit demands is...
michael gove
Agri Politics
Green MEP believes that Brexit white paper falls 'between every stool'
Green MEP for the South East Keith Taylor has branded the Government’s Brexit plans “far too deluded for realists and...
Opinion
Gove must put the needs of production agriculture first as he plans for the future
Organisations, such as the National Sheep Association, seem to think that keeping Michael Gove MP as Secretary of State at...
Sheep
NSA welcomes calls for further Brexit assurance
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has welcomed the decision to appoint Dominic Raab as the new Secretary of State for...
N.Ireland
UK launches new clean air strategy - with clamp-down on ammonia emissions
The UK Government has today (Tuesday, May 22) published a new strategy to cut air pollution in the coming years...
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
UK think tank calls for farm subsidies to be axed after Brexit
Policy Exchange has advised the British government to phase-out direct subsidies and income support for farmers by 2025 – even...
N.Ireland
UK farm subsidies to be dealt out on ‘environmental merit’ after Brexit
The UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will outline the future of income support for...
N.Ireland
Controversial Gove gets top agri job in UK cabinet change
There has been mixed reaction across the water after Michael Gove was appointed UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food...
