Agri-Business
Ministers host agri-tech discussions with key global investors
Global leaders in the agri-tech sector this week discussed opportunities for further industry investment, at a roundtable hosted by the...
Agri Politics
Agri-Business
Future agricultural funding will not be Barnettised
Agricultural funding will not be Barnettised post-Brexit, Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary Michael Gove told the UK Parliament during the...
Agri Politics
Producer groups' funding to continue until end of Parliament
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) welcomes the announcement from Defra that producer organisations will continue to be funded until the end...
Agri Politics
Welsh decarbonisation proposals criticised over lack of focus on impacts
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Cymru has warned that the Welsh Government’s greenhouse gas emissions consultation is likely to have been...
Agri Politics
Back British Farming message delivered to Conservative Party Conference
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has bought the ‘Back British Farming’ message to Birmingham as it shows the best of...
Agri Politics
MPs to start setting path of UK Agriculture Policy next week
Politicians are currently preparing to debate new legislation in the House of Commons during the Second Reading of the Agriculture...
Schemes
BPS payment exchange rate set for 2018
The euro exchange rate for calculating Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 payments has been set, the Department for Environment, Food...
Beef
'Never a more important time' for unity among Welsh meat stakeholders
Future Welsh Government policy must ensure the continued supply of a critical mass of top-quality PGI Welsh Beef and Lamb,...
Agri Politics
NFU Scotland seeks members' views on AHDB consultation
NFU Scotland is consulting members on their views of AHDB as the UK Government examines the continuing need for the...
Agri Politics
Welsh tenant farmers ponder Government proposals - and consequences
A special event was held by NFU Cymru for tenant farmers to consider the potential implications of the Welsh Government’s...
Environment
Food waste tackled in new Reduction Roadmap initiative
The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap has received full backing from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU), which has encouraged its members...
Agri Politics
No-deal Brexit would be 'catastrophic' for UK farming - NFU
Technical notices released yesterday (Monday, September 24) confirm farmers’ fears that a no-deal Brexit scenario would have devastating impacts for...
EU
May stands firm on Brexit impasse
Following the events in Salzburg last week, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has come out swinging, defending her Chequers plan...
Schemes
Welsh farmers need RDP clarification - NFU Cymru
Urgent clarification is being sought over the deployment of Wales Rural Development Programme (RDP) funding, according to the Welsh National...
Agri-Business
Agriculture Bill 'effectively a notice period' for British farmers
Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has warned the Government’s Agriculture Bill plans British agriculture are effectively a “notice period” for farmers...
Agri Politics
Politicians to experience harvest in the driving seat
The National Farmers’ Union is bringing the best of British farming to political party conferences this year…and even putting politicians...
Agri Politics
'Seismic' shift in farm support will mean rewriting budgets
The “seismic shift” in farm support announced earlier this week will mean rewriting budgets and forecasts for thousands of family...
Agri Politics
'Monumental consultation' launched for Welsh farmers
The head of one of Wales’ farming unions has pleaded for farmers who want to see a “prosperous industry after...
