Agri Politics
Over £800,000 in funding to tackle rural and wildlife crime
The Home Office has announced £800,000 in funding to combat rural and wildlife crime. The Home Office confirmed the National...
NFU
Agri Politics
NFU raises budget cut concerns ahead of Spring Statement
Over 50 farming and environmental organisations have called on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, not to cut funding to the Department...
Agri Politics
NFU: Balanced pesticides action plan 'critically important'
The National Farming Union (NFU) has welcomed the focus on integrated pest management (IPM) in the government’s new pesticide national...
Agri Politics
UKFAR appoints Dr. David Llewellyn as monitoring commissioner
Following the publication of the UK Farm Assurance Review (UKFAR), Dr. David Llewellyn CBE, has been appointed as the independent...
Agri-Business
Farmer confidence at 'all-time low' in NFU survey
The National Farmer’s Union’s (NFU) farmer confidence survey of more than 900 member businesses has revealed historically low levels. Confidence...
Agri Politics
MP to introduce Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has announced plans to introduce the Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill in parliament on...
N.Ireland
Papworth leaves Red Tractor board to chair NFU sugar
Kit Papworth has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as chair of Red Tractor’s combinable crops...
Agri Politics
Reed unveils new schemes, silent on inheritance tax at NFU conference
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, made a series of announcements during his speech at...
N.Ireland
MP urges families to donate farm toys to NFU campaign
MP Carla Lockhart has urged families to donate pre-loved farm toys to the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) initiative, as part...
Rural Life
Farmers to use 'pre-loved' toys to protest inheritance tax
As part of its Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign in protest of changes to inheritance tax, the National Farmers...
Agri Politics
NFU petition to No. 10 includes over 270,000 signatures
A petition with over 270,000 signatures has been handed in to No. 10 Downing Street by National Farmers’ Union (NFU)...
N.Ireland
UK Farm Assurance Review seeks less on-farm audits
The first UK-wide, comprehensive review of farm assurance has called for a fundamental reset of the system to rebuild confidence...
Rural Life
NFU Mutual to donate £4m to charities in 2025
NFU Mutual has pledged it will donate £4 million of funding to local and national charities in 2025, continuing its...
Agri Politics
Many farms won’t make it to ‘new deal for farmers’ - NFU
Following the announcement of the government’s ‘New Deal for Farmers’, which sets out the state’s long-term vision for British agriculture, the...
Agri Politics
January 25 named as 'National Day of Unity' to stop the family farm tax
The National Farmer’s Union (NFU) have announced it will stage a ‘National Day of Unity’ on January 25, as they...
Agri Politics
Unions join forces to protest against UK inheritance tax
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), National Farmers’ Union (NFU), NFU Scotland and NFU Cymru are stepping up their #StopTheFamilyFarmTax campaign...
Farm Building
NFU Mutual: Cost of farm fires exceeded £110m last year
The cost of farm fires increased by 37% from £80.4 million in 2022 to an estimated £110.3 million last year,...
Agri Politics
Budget is a 'kick in the teeth' to farmers - NFU president
NFU president, Tom Bradshaw, addressed protesters at the opening of the organisation’s mass lobby in London yesterday, urging the government...
