N.Ireland
UFU president reflects on 'future farming' theme of OFC
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president David Brown attended the 2023 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC), the traditional start of the UK...
Oxford Farming Conference
N.Ireland
'Leave no farmer behind' - Poots tells OFC of vision for NI farm support
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots spoke of “tremendous opportunities” and “room to manoeuvre” in the wake of Brexit for the...
Agri-Business
Oxford Farming Conference to proceed as digital event in 2021
Plans are already being put in place for the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) to run as a digital event in...
Beef
There 'may be opportunities to displace Irish beef' - UK agri minister
There may be “many opportunities for import substitution” in the UK post-Brexit – including opportunities to displace Irish beef from...
Agri Politics
MP calls for 'serious consideration' of meat tax measures
A politician in the UK has called for “serious consideration” of measures such as a meat tax in an address...
N.Ireland
'Northern Ireland's share of farm payments should be ring-fenced'
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has said he has “many concerns” surrounding the future of farm payments in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
If the Brexit vote happened today, UK agriculture would vote 'remain'
More than two-thirds of those in British agriculture would vote to remain if the UK’s EU Referendum took place now,...