Agri-Business
Farmer confidence at 'all-time low' in NFU survey
The National Farmer’s Union’s (NFU) farmer confidence survey of more than 900 member businesses has revealed historically low levels. Confidence...
NFU
Agri Politics
MP to introduce Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill
Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael, has announced plans to introduce the Food Supply Chain Fairness Bill in parliament on...
N.Ireland
Papworth leaves Red Tractor board to chair NFU sugar
Kit Papworth has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as chair of Red Tractor’s combinable crops...
N.Ireland
Illegal EU meat trade ‘deeply concerning’ – MP
MP for Upper Bann, Carla Lockhart, has said that the seizure of illegal meat at the Port of Larne is...
Agri Politics
Reed unveils new schemes, silent on inheritance tax at NFU conference
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed, made a series of announcements during his speech at...
N.Ireland
MP urges families to donate farm toys to NFU campaign
MP Carla Lockhart has urged families to donate pre-loved farm toys to the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) initiative, as part...
Rural Life
Farmers to use 'pre-loved' toys to protest inheritance tax
As part of its Stop the Family Farm Tax campaign in protest of changes to inheritance tax, the National Farmers...
Agri Politics
NFU petition to No. 10 includes over 270,000 signatures
A petition with over 270,000 signatures has been handed in to No. 10 Downing Street by National Farmers’ Union (NFU)...
N.Ireland
UK Farm Assurance Review seeks less on-farm audits
The first UK-wide, comprehensive review of farm assurance has called for a fundamental reset of the system to rebuild confidence...
Rural Life
NFU Mutual to donate £4m to charities in 2025
NFU Mutual has pledged it will donate £4 million of funding to local and national charities in 2025, continuing its...
Agri Politics
Many farms won’t make it to ‘new deal for farmers’ - NFU
Following the announcement of the government’s ‘New Deal for Farmers’, which sets out the state’s long-term vision for British agriculture, the...
Agri Politics
January 25 named as 'National Day of Unity' to stop the family farm tax
The National Farmer’s Union (NFU) have announced it will stage a ‘National Day of Unity’ on January 25, as they...
Agri Politics
Unions join forces to protest against UK inheritance tax
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), National Farmers’ Union (NFU), NFU Scotland and NFU Cymru are stepping up their #StopTheFamilyFarmTax campaign...
Farm Building
NFU Mutual: Cost of farm fires exceeded £110m last year
The cost of farm fires increased by 37% from £80.4 million in 2022 to an estimated £110.3 million last year,...
Agri Politics
Budget is a 'kick in the teeth' to farmers - NFU president
NFU president, Tom Bradshaw, addressed protesters at the opening of the organisation’s mass lobby in London yesterday, urging the government...
Agri Politics
Farmers set to besiege Westminster in protest of IHT changes
Farmers and farm organisations from around the country are preparing to descend en masse on London on Tuesday, November 19,...
Agri Politics
NFU meets with Defra to discuss inheritance tax
Yesterday (Monday, November 4) the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) met with the Defra secretary of state and treasury officials to...
Agri Politics
Changes in APR and BPR 'need to be overturned' - NFU
The NFU has warned that the changes announced in the Budget could increase food costs to consumers, adding pressure to...
