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...
UFU
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....
N.Ireland
Next generation to 'Dig In' to agri-food education
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has joined forces with rural education body Agri Aware to help primary school children understand...
Environment
Anonymous survey asks farmers for their views on NIEA
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has launched an anonymous survey asking farmers to put forward their views on Northern Ireland’s...
Arable
Calls for retailers to back vegetable growers as drought continues
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is calling on supply chain partners, including big and small retailers, to support local growers...
N.Ireland
UFU granted judicial review to challenge DAERA CAP appeals decision
High Court has granted permission for a judicial review into a decision made by Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture (DAERA) to...
N.Ireland
NI farmers call for no ban on live exports
There must be no ban on live exports from the UK, according to the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU). The comments...
N.Ireland
NI livestock worrying and dog attacks 'at record levels'
A database of dog DNA needs to be established in Northern Ireland to help identify those dogs responsible for worrying...
Agri-Business
UK livestock farmers call for 'vital' frictionless trade with EU
Livestock farmers in the UK have made their feelings clear on the issue of post-Brexit trade with the EU amid...
N.Ireland
Union and unionists engage in 'reactor fraud' spat
A war of words has erupted between the Ulster Farmers’ Union and Ulster Unionists over allegations the ear tags of...
Agri Politics
Former Ulster farming president Ian Marshall to take seat in Seanad
Co. Armagh farmer Ian Marshall has been elected to the Irish Seanad in today’s by-election. Markethill man Marshall was put...
N.Ireland
UFU launches in-house training division
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) launched its own in-house training division with courses designed specifically to help members in the...
