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The importance of soil – our roots have taught us

April 13, 2021

Opinion

Plans have been unveiled to mark World Soil Day 2021. It takes place on…

UK beef prices could well take off over the next few years

March 26, 2021

Opinion

If I was a betting man, which I am not, I would take a serious punt on UK beef prices strengthening significantly over…

Letter to the editor: TAC report ‘is a fig leaf for government to hide behind’

March 8, 2021

Opinion

I’m concerned that the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) report, launched March 2, 2021, is merely a fig leaf for the UK government…

Letter to the editor: It’s now time to ‘dissolve AHDB horticulture and punitive levy’

February 18, 2021

Opinion

I’m writing to you as a carrot grower, an Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) levy payer and chair of the British Carrot…

China will control the tenor of the UK and global food markets

February 10, 2021

Opinion

It can be taken for granted that the UK government intends securing free trade arrangements with countries around the world, including the likes…

Letter to the editor: ‘Let’s embrace the fact that we’re looking to utilise technology’ in UK farming

January 20, 2021

Opinion

It was great to hear the Environment Secretary George Eustice, position UK agriculture at the forefront of innovation at the Oxford Farming Conference…

Chestnutt: Let’s use 2021 to show what the public can gain from backing NI farming

January 2, 2021

N.Ireland

2020 has certainly been challenging for everyone and as we enter a new year, however, it’s important that as a farming community we…

The work to secure PGI status for beef from Northern Ireland must start now

December 31, 2020

Opinion

Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that the application to secure Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status for…

Letter to the editor: Rejection of Agriculture Bill feels ‘out of step with both industry and public sentiment’

October 22, 2020

Opinion

While it is understandable that the government would not want to jeopardise future trade deals at this critical juncture, the Commons’ rejection of…

Farm Safety Week: ‘It’s hard to deny farming is the only UK industry which kills children in the workplace’

July 24, 2020

Opinion

Farm Safety Week for 2020 may be nearly over, but vigilance must continue throughout the whole year writes NFU Scotland vice-president Charlie Adam.…

Letter to the editor: ‘New Deal’ – from the Great Depression – needed for NI farming

July 17, 2020

N.Ireland

We – in the Farmers For Action group – believe that no one can deny that the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi…

Letter to the editor: ‘Our over-55 farmers would have never retired in the first place’

April 5, 2020

N.Ireland

Farmers supply what fills the supermarkets’ shelves. Life on Northern Ireland’s farms is not getting any easier, as Covid-19 tightens its grip. Nevertheless,…