Agri-Business
Coalition joins forces to address agricultural skills gap
A new industry coalition has united to kick-start a new agricultural skills strategy with the ambition to equip the UK’s...
NFU
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-Business
NFU calls for improvements ahead of 2018 ES payments
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for improvements to be made to the current farm payment system ahead of...
Agri-Business
Batters calls for ability to 'pause' transition from direct payments
New farming legislation favouring support for environmental efforts as opposed to production will leave British farmers forced to compete internationally,...
Arable
British Sugar and NFU Sugar announce 2019 sugar beet price
British sugar beet growers will benefit from a new contract free of deductions for crown tare. In a statement, British Sugar...
Agri Politics
140 MPs show support for farming on Back British Farming Day
140 politicians showed their support for the British farming industry today by wearing a Back British Farming wheat-pin badge in...
Agri-Business
National Farmers' Union takes food report to Westminster
The National Farmers’ Union has today launched a food report, ‘UK: A Nation United by Food’, which will be sent...
Agri-Business
NFU supports Red Tractor bid to become flagship for British farming
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is supporting Red Tractor’s bid to become the UK’s flagship brand for high-standard British food...
Rural Life
Farmers and growers encouraged to support Home Office rural crime survey
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is encouraging farmers and growers to take part in the Government’s Commercial Victimisation Survey to...
Rural Life
'Farmvention' brings farming to the classroom
The National Farmers’ Unions’s (NFU) ‘Farmvention’ competition, which aims to encourage primary school students to design and create their own...
Agri-Business
New Livestock Information Programme 'pivotal' for UK farming
The Government’s new Livestock Information Programme is going ahead and going to plan, according to an update made to key...
Agri Politics
Westminster joins NFU to Back British Farming
MPs are set to join the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and members of the public to show their support for...
Dairy
Netherlands insights could reduce UK ammonia emissions
British farmers and industry experts visited the Netherlands to learn how on-farm changes have helped the country reduce its ammonia...
Agri-Business
78% of UK farmers expect fodder shortfall this winter
Renewed calls have been made for Defra Secretary Michael Gove to step in to assist farmers still suffering from the...
Agri-Business
UK organic produce could be barred from EU for up to 9 months post-Brexit
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has said a Government technical notice for organic farming in a ‘no-deal’ Brexit suggests that...
Sheep
New figures highlight inefficiency in sheep dip disposal costs
Farming leaders from the sheep sector are urging Defra and the Environment Agency to reconsider its decision to increase the...
Beef
No-deal Brexit 'potentially devastating' to UK's livestock sectors
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit would have “unthinkable consequences” for the thousands of UK livestock farms, three of the industry’s main unions...
Agri-Business
Calls for 'joined-up' approach to ammonia reduction
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has called for a ‘joined-up’ approach to reduce ammonia in response to Defra’s Clean Air...
