Agri-Business
Improved BPS delivery but bridging payments still needed, NFU says
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for immediate bridging payments to be provided to the more than 5,000 farmers...
NFU
Agri-Business
Report recommending adults eat must 7g of beef a day branded 'overly simplistic'
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has hit out at a report recommending adults cut their daily meat consumption to the...
Agri-Business
UK farming industry urges MPs to take action to avoid 'no-deal' Brexit
Four of the main UK farming unions have today urged MPs to take steps for the UK to avoid a...
Agri-Business
NFU outlines its top 3 priorities for 2019 in New Year's message
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Minette Batters has said she is ready to make 2019 the start of a national...
Environment
Farmers urged to take part in the 2019 Big Farmland Bird Count
Farmers across the country are being urged to take part in the Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC), which is back...
Rural Life
Former NFU president awarded CBE in New Year’s Honours
Former National Farmers’ Union president Meurig Raymond has been awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours announced today. Meurig...
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...
Environment
NFU magazine goes potty for peels in a bid to go green
Boiled, mashed, baked or fried…it’s well known that the versatile spud has a wide range of uses. But now one more...
Rural Life
600 schools enter NFU’s first national education competition
Nearly 600 primary schools, all vying for the prize of having their school turned into a farm for the day,...
Arable
Metaldehyde ban a 'big blow' to British farmers and growers
The banning of Metaldehyde is “hugely disappointing” and likely to put British farmers and growers at a major disadvantage internationally,...
Agri-Business
NFU agrees 6 principles to deliver best Brexit outcome for British farmers
An extraordinary meeting of the National Farmers’ Union Council this week has agreed six principles that will guide the union...
Agri-Business
Clarity on Brexit needed to allow farmers to plan for future - NFU
Clarity is needed from Government as to what the future farming landscape will look like to allow farmers to invest...
Agri-Business
Unions publish list of measures to help farms survive extreme weather
The NFU and NFU Cymru have urged the Government to introduce a number of farm resilience measures to combat extreme...
Arable
Arable Conference 2019 Guy Smith announced as keynote speaker
National Farmers’ Union deputy president Guy Smith has been announced as the keynote speaker for the 2019 Arable Conference. The...
Agri-Business
Lord Price: 'After defence, a Government’s highest priority is to feed its people'
Lord Mark Price, former Minister for Trade and Investment and managing director of Waitrose, addressed the National Farmers’ Union Henry...
Arable
New ELM schemes must drive productivity in the arable sector - NFU
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has today stressed the need for future Environmental and Land Management (ELM) schemes to be...
Dairy
UK farming unions urge dairy farmers to speak up for fair contract terms
Four UK farming unions are urging all dairy farmers to make their voices heard and speak up for a more effective and...
Opinion
'CCC report is nonsense but the NFU has been asleep at the wheel'
Forget Brexit, the truly worrying story to come out of London this week was the report from the Government’s advisory...
