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NFU Cymru to host red meat summit

January 16, 2019

NFU Cymru has organised a special livestock summit examining the challenges facing the Welsh red meat sector post-Brexit. The event boasts a line-up…

Brexit: ‘British farming has lost the one thing which gave it confidence’

January 16, 2019

Agri Politics

Farming organisations and lobby bodies have warned that British agriculture faces a precarious future following last night’s House of Commons meaningful vote on…

‘Brexit or no Brexit; deal or no deal, we have 66 million mouths to feed’

January 15, 2019

Agri-Business

NFU president Minette Batters has warned that leaving the EU without a deal could leave the country reliant on lower quality imports in…

UK farming industry urges MPs to take action to avoid ‘no-deal’ Brexit

January 10, 2019

Agri-Business

Four of the main UK farming unions have today urged MPs to take steps for the UK to avoid a no-deal Brexit. The…

TFA roadshow to focus on post-Brexit opportunities and challenges

January 7, 2019

Agri-Business

The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) is holding a series of seven evening meetings across England to provide some post Brexit signposts for tenant farmers…

MP calls for ‘serious consideration’ of meat tax measures

January 4, 2019

Beef

A politician in the UK has called for “serious consideration” of measures such as a meat tax in an address to the Oxford…

NFU outlines its top 3 priorities for 2019 in New Year’s message

January 2, 2019

Agri-Business

National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Minette Batters has said she is ready to make 2019 the start of a national debate on food…

RAU to seize Brexit opportunity

December 26, 2018

Agri-Business

The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) plans to meet the needs of the UK’s land management and agri-food sectors, post-Brexit, through a £2.5m investment…

NFU has gotten its principles all wrong

December 25, 2018

Opinion

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is at least one ‘principle’ short, if my reading of the organisation’s latest Brexit demands is anything to go…

European Commission to implement no-deal action plan

December 19, 2018

Agri-Business

With the UK’s EU departure date just over 100 days away, the European Commission has ramped up preparations for a no-deal scenario by…

Prime Minister survives vote of confidence

December 13, 2018

Agri-Business

Theresa May has survived a vote of confidence by her own party, The Conservatives, which was held yesterday evening (Wednesday, December 12). However,…

NFU agrees 6 principles to deliver best Brexit outcome for British farmers

December 13, 2018

Agri-Business

An extraordinary meeting of the National Farmers’ Union Council this week has agreed six principles that will guide the union in its aim…

Theresa May will face no-confidence vote later today

December 12, 2018

It has been confirmed that the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, will face a vote of confidence from her own party later today,…

Theresa May confirms that withdrawal vote won’t go ahead

December 10, 2018

Agri-Business

After much speculation today, the UK prime minister Theresa May has confirmed that the vote on Britain’s withdrawal agreement from the EU, originally…