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...
UFU
Dairy
UFU expresses concern at LacPatrick pricing
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has responded to reports that LacPatrick producers will not be paid their promised bonus this...
Sheep
Calls for tougher legislation following spate of dog attacks
The Ulster Farmers’ Union says it is disappointed that another farming family has been left to deal with the aftermath...
Agri-Business
97% of Advance Direct Payments completed in Northern Ireland
Payments totalling £190 million have been made to almost 23,300 Northern Ireland farm businesses ahead of schedule. The figure confirmed by the...
Beef
Conference to focus on improving profitability in beef production
Industry representatives have come together to arrange a conference ‘Healthy Cattle, Healthy Profits’ looking at ways to improve profitability in...
Agri-Business
Live exports 'integral' to Northern Ireland farming, UFU warns
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has warned the live export of cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry is an “integral” part of...
N.Ireland
Farming union urges politicians to back radical livestock worrying proposals
The Ulster Farmers’ Union is calling on local politicians to back proposals, recommended by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC),...
Agri-Business
UFU among 21 NI industry bodies writing to May over Brexit labour concerns
Farming organisations are among a group of 21 Northern Ireland business organisations who have penned a letter to the Prime...
N.Ireland
UFU and DAERA come to CAP review agreement outside of court
Farmers in Northern Ireland will retain the right to have an independent review of their CAP application – but only...
N.Ireland
No-deal Brexit 'would devastate' NI farming
The latest set of UK Government’s Brexit ‘no deal’ technical papers further reinforce the importance of the UK leaving the...
N.Ireland
UFU’s cross-compliance case against DAERA settled
A second judicial review against DAERA and NIEA, supported by the Ulster Farmers’ Union, on CAP cross-compliance breaches has been...
Agri-Business
ABP raises £10,000 for union's air ambulance centenary charity appeal
One of Northern Ireland’s leading beef and lamb processors, ABP, has raised an “impressive” £10,000 for Air Ambulance NI. The meat...
Agri-Business
No-Deal technical papers ‘sobering reading’ for Northern Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said the first set of Government ‘No-Deal’ technical papers make “sobering reading” and reinforces...
N.Ireland
No-deal Brexit ‘potentially devastating’ to UK’s livestock sectors
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit would have “unthinkable consequences” for the thousands of UK livestock farms, three of the industry’s main unions...
Beef
No-deal Brexit 'potentially devastating' to UK's livestock sectors
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit would have “unthinkable consequences” for the thousands of UK livestock farms, three of the industry’s main unions...
Rural Life
BBQ bash raises an impressive £12,000 for Air Ambulance
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) Donard Group has raised a very impressive £12,000 for Air Ambulance Northern Ireland with its...
Dairy
Concern at growing gap in farm-gate milk prices
Ulster Farmers’ Union dairy committee chairman, William Irvine, has said farmers are “rightly concerned” about the growing gap in base...
Agri-Business
NI’s post-Brexit framework document gets the nod from union
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the long-awaited publication of post-Brexit options for the farming industry in Northern Ireland....
