Beef
Benchmarking: Even 'bad' figures can back up the right investment
Farmers have little to fear from benchmarking as even ‘bad’ results could help support investment in the right areas, according...
Beef
Farmers have little to fear from benchmarking as even ‘bad’ results could help support investment in the right areas, according...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers Union has called on the Department of Agriculture to offer workshops advising on alternatives, amid claims of...
Beef Focus
Recent years have seen Fermanagh suckler beef producer John Egerton improve the efficiency and resilience of his beef enterprise. He...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is fully supporting the work to be undertaken by the Farming and Food Review Group,...
N.Ireland
Tensions were said to have “run very high” during a meeting this week between chief vet and Ulster Farmers’ Union...
N.Ireland
It’s not clear whether safeguards to protect local farming from lower-cost imported produce go far enough, as the UK announces...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) deputy president, William Irvine, alongside industry representatives from Fane Valley, Agrii and DBS Farm Supplies, are...
N.Ireland
Abolishing the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) in Northern Ireland could have net benefits of up to £1.2 million over the...
Grass
Making best use of clover in beef production systems was one of the main themes addressed in a recent beef...
Agri-Business
Reports have emerged that the UK government has agreed in principle to offer a 15-year transition zero-tariff, zero-quota trade deal...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Victor Chestnutt believes that providing Australia with unfettered access to UK food markets through an...
N.Ireland
Politicians in Northern Ireland have voted to move a controversial environmental bill a stage closer to becoming law despite warnings...
N.Ireland
Farmers will need to play a central role if targets to generate at least 70% of Northern Ireland’s electricity from...
N.Ireland
Minister Poots is understood to have announced a £3.5 million support package for farmers in the Sperrins affected by floods...
Agri Politics
Northern Ireland politicians appear to have turned their backs on offers to meet farmers to discuss a bill that will...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmer’s Union (UFU) is understood to have ruled out plans for another drive-in AGM, despite its success in...
N.Ireland
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) has teamed up with the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) to celebrate Northern Ireland’s world-class...
N.Ireland
A report examining Northern Ireland’s botched Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme has warned progress establishing a “green economy” could be...