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,...
NFU
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...
Rural Life
600,000 watch on as #BackBritishFarming parades the streets of London
National Farmers Union members and eight young farmers joined the Worshipful Company of Farmers, Massey Ferguson, Red Tractor and Surrey...
Sheep
Win on sheep splitting rules 'could save industry millions'
After years of industry campaigning, Defra has confirmed plans to use a fixed cut-off date of June 30 to age...
Rural Life
World War I: Tributes to those who farmed to feed the country
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Minette Batters has paid tribute to the ‘key role’ of those who worked to...
Agri-Business
British livestock farmers warned of Bluetongue virus threat
UK farm organisations have joined forces to urge livestock farmers to think carefully about importing animals from areas that are...
Agri-Business
'Rural crime needs to be a top police priority all year round'
The NFU is calling on Police and Crime Commissioners to make tackling rural crime a strategic objective all year round,...
Rural Life
'We’re proud to produce your food' - farming's Lord Mayor’s Show message
Agriculture will have a prominent place in the 803rd Lord Mayor’s Show procession on Saturday (November 10) as the Worshipful...
Opinion
Banning tractors from UK roads is total folly
The latest soundings from Whitehall would indicate that the Government is toying with the idea of banning farmers from driving...
Opinion
It’s time for the NFU to put more pressure on Michael Gove
I noticed that Defra Secretary Michael Gove was wearing what looked like an ear of wheat in the lapel of...
Rural Life
Farmers almost 50% more likely to suffer work-related illness
New figures published this week have shown agricultural workers are almost 50% more likely to become ill compared to their...
