N.Ireland
NI agriculture ‘15% financially worse off’ than a year ago – FFA
Agriculture in Northern Ireland is 15% financially worse off than a year ago, according to Farmers for Action (FFA). Two...
FFA
N.Ireland
Farmers for Action considering tax and fuel protest
Farmers for Action (FFA) in Northern Ireland has claimed that the group has been asked to consider a UK-wide tax...
N.Ireland
Farmers for Action: Ireland needs less dependency on fossil fuels
The Farmers For Action (FFA) Steering Committee has said it is time for Ireland and the UK to ditch 75%...
N.Ireland
FFA asks UK supermarkets to clarify positions on key agri-food issues
Farmers for Action (FFA) has written to 11 UK supermarkets in the wake of the organisation’s recent protests outside six...
N.Ireland
FFA: April 6 ‘key date’ in inheritance tax judicial review
A judicial review of the extension of inheritance tax to agricultural land and farm assets in the UK has been...
N.Ireland
FFA ‘fully supporting’ Oxford Farming Conference protests
Farmers For Action (FFA) said it is “fully supporting all the farm organisations involved in protesting at the Oxford Farming...
N.Ireland
FFA calls for UK inheritance tax thresholds to be inflation-linked
Farmers for Action (FFA) is calling for the new UK inheritance tax thresholds to be inflation-linked into the future. Prior...
N.Ireland
Inheritance tax relief increase ‘step in right direction for farm families’ – UFU
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said today’s (Tuesday, December 23) announcement on inheritance tax “represents a step in the...
Dairy
Calls for fairness in UK dairy sector are ‘falling on deaf ears’ – FFA
Farmers For Action (FFA) has claimed that the recent appeals for UK dairy processors to uphold new fair dealing rules...
N.Ireland
NAP consultation process must include series of public meetings – FFA
Farmers for Action (FFA) has called for the hosting of public meetings as part of a Nutrients Action Programme (NAP)...
N.Ireland
FFA calls for UK general election ‘as soon as possible’
Farmers for Action (FFA) are urging for a UK general election to be held as soon as possible and calling...
N.Ireland
Minister urged to attend meeting with farmers about Lough Neagh
Farmers For Action (FFA) has requested agriculture and environment Minister Andrew Muir to arrange a meeting with NI Water, FFA,...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s NAP forum will not meet until September – FFA
Farmers for Action (FFA) is indicating that Northern Ireland’s Nitrates Acton Plan (NAP) forum will not meet until September. The...
N.Ireland
Farmers for Action wants active role in new NAP stakeholder forum
Farmers for Action (FFA) has said that it wants to have an active role in a new Nitrates Action Programme...
N.Ireland
FFA requests meeting with NI agriculture minister on NAP
Farmers for Action (FFA) has requested a meeting with Stormont agriculture minister, Andrew Muir to discuss Northern Ireland’s new Nutrient...
Agri-Business
FFA: UK food security levels ‘now a national emergency’
Farmers for Action (FFA) spokesperson, William Taylor, has cited the absolute priority for food security levels in the UK to...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland gets off light in US trade tariff debacle
Northern Ireland has gotten off pretty well in the fast-developing United States (US) trade tariff debacle with the rest of...
N.Ireland
Calls for immediate cull of TB-infected badgers in NI
Farmers for Action (FFA) is calling for an immediate cull of tuberculosis (TB) infected badgers in Northern Ireland with immediate...