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NI farmers warned All-Ireland PGI ‘may not be practical’
Officials are claiming it “may not be practical” to include Northern Ireland in plans for Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status...
UFU
Agri-Business
NI farmers urged to avail of UK self-employment scheme
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has encouraged members whose businesses have been affected by Covid-19 to apply for the second...
Agri-Business
EFS grants: Farmers urged to be aware of what they are agreeing to
Northern Ireland farmers considering signing up to the latest round of the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) are urged to be mindful...
Agri-Business
NI Agriculture Minister and agri committee chairman visit Antrim farms and bogland
Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister and agriculture committee chairman made good on promises to meet with farmers to discuss solutions to...
Agri-Business
Calls for Northern Ireland environmental planning quango to be disbanded
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Victor Chesnutt has called for an environmental planning quango, which effectively stalled agricultural planning applications in...
Agri-Business
Glenelly Valley flood farmers: ‘We are as much value as the Primark fire businesses’
Tyrone farmers whose businesses were devastated by flash flooding three years ago say they feel “let down” by empty promises...
Agri-Business
Poots rejects ammonia threshold at the centre of NI’s agricultural planning row
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots has refused to accept a decision made by an environmental quango to lower...
Agri-Business
Farmers warned ‘HSENI could close marts at any time’
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned farmers that the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) could order...
Agri-Business
TB: Minister Poots hints at plans to propose NI badger cull in the autumn
Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots set out plans to formally include “wildlife intervention” in a new bovine TB...
N.Ireland
New UFU president: Let’s make common sense common again
There was an element of bravado at the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) AGM today (July 25) as newly-elected president Victor Chestnutt...
N.Ireland
Live updates: UFU ‘drive-in’ AGM kicks off at Balmoral Park today
It might be more commonly associated with Northern Ireland’s flagship agricultural show – the Balmoral Show – but today (July...
Agri-Business
Members of UK's new Trade and Agriculture Commission announced
Retailers, farming unions, consumer, hospitality and environmental bodies from across the UK have been named as members of the Government’s...
N.Ireland
Guest speakers unveiled for UFU ‘drive-in’ AGM
Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture Edwin Poots and DAERA Committee chairman Declan McAleer have been confirmed as guest speakers for...
Agri-Business
Truss announces plans for new UK Trade and Agriculture Commission
UK International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has today (June 29) announced that the Government has agreed to establish a Trade and...
Agri-Business
NI’s £25 million Covid-19 support will ‘go to those who need it most’
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Minister Edwin Poots has said Northern Ireland’s £25 million Covid-19 support fund will be “targeted...
Agri-Business
UFU members make decision over drive-in AGM proposal
Ulster Farmers’ Union members have given their backing to plans to run this year’s annual general meeting as a ‘drive-in’...
N.Ireland
UFU ‘drive-in’ AGM decision expected this week
Executive members of the Ulster Farmers’ Union are expected to make a decision over the next few days on whether...
Agri-Business
NI farm lobby body warns against June start date for farm inspections
A group representing three Northern Ireland farming bodies has warned against recommencing on-farm inspections on June 8. Northern Ireland Farm...
