Opinion
100 years on: Past times of even greater uncertainty for Ulster farmers
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) celebrates its centenary at a time of great flux for agriculture. But one could argue...
Opinion
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) celebrates its centenary at a time of great flux for agriculture. But one could argue...
N.Ireland
For one weekend only, visitors to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum can experience the farming reality of their grandparents...
N.Ireland
Co. Down dairy farmer Stephen Jackson couldn’t have gone much higher when he took the ‘calendar farming’ concerns of thousands...
N.Ireland
The message to Government is much the same today as back 100 years ago when the Ulster Farmer’s Union was...
Opinion
The news that the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has reached an agreement with the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA)...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Barclay Bell has said the recently announced 2018-19 budget allocation for the Department of Agriculture, Environment...
N.Ireland
Local councils are not treating farmers involved in greenways projects fairly, the Ulster Farmer’s Union (UFU) has warned. The 25-year...
N.Ireland
Ulster Farmers’ Union president Barclay Bell has said he is “concerned” that the UK wants to apply its own tariffs...
N.Ireland
Union officials say the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture’s plans for herd birth and movement registrations to go paperless by...
N.Ireland
An agreement has been reached with the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association to ban persistently infected (PI) cattle from slaughter...
Opinion
It’s now obvious that taxpayers across Europe – including those in the UK – want to see a farming industry...
N.Ireland
Proposals for an industry-led TB levy could raise up to £4.8 million a year if the maximum £3 per animal...
Opinion
The issue of Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) eradication continues to strike fear into the heart of every Irish livestock farmer. Ireland...
N.Ireland
It’s not quite Valentine’s yet but Northern Ireland’s land mobility scheme has already managed to make its first match in...
N.Ireland
Getting a true picture of ammonia emissions in Northern Ireland remains one of the “biggest challenges” for the agri-food industry...
N.Ireland
Every farmer wants to do more for the environment, but future farming policy must prioritise supporting efficient and profitable production,...
N.Ireland
Farmers are debating the possibility of introducing a levy on farm meat or milk to be used towards tackling the...
N.Ireland
Ulster farmers are becoming sickened with Brexit talk, Ulster Farmers’ Union deputy president Ivor Ferguson told journalists at the UFU’s...