N.Ireland
The UFU, NFU, NFU Scotland and NFU Cymru are stepping up the #StopTheFamilyFarmTax campaign against changes to inheritance tax
Agri Politics
The NFU Scotland will hold a rally outside the Scottish parliament tomorrow to call for an increase in funding for farmers and crofters.
Other
Extensive flooding over the weekend has caused significant damage to farmland in Scotland.
Agri-Business
Reports have emerged the UK government has agreed in principle to a 15-year transition zero-tariff, zero-quota trade deal with Australia.
European farm lobbying group COPA-COGECA has granted UK farming unions permission to continue their membership despite leaving the EU.
A case of bird flu has been confirmed on a farm in Scotland, with poultry keepers urged to ensure that biosecurity measures are adhered to.
Hundreds of farmers from across the country will gather in London in March to join the NFU in a rallying call urging Government to back UK standards.
Rural Life
UK farming unions have called for the makers of Channel 4 documentary ‘How to Steal Pigs and Influence People’ to pass information relating to illegal activities shown to the police.
Two of the UK's farming unions have set out different arguments for how the country's convergence money should be spent.
Members of the the National Farmers' Union of Scotland have re-elected its president to another term in office, as it prepares for Brexit.
Scottish farm incomes took almost 50% of a hit in the space of one year, according to the UK publication the Farmers Guardian.
Dairy
Dairy farmers continue to suffer a loss, with recent milk price increases from processors not going far enough to assist them, according to the UK farming unions.
The UK farming unions identified the trade and investment climate as a critical focus for the unions to work together on, in the wake of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union.
The UK’s farming union presidents will meet to discuss future farm policies and possible...
