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NFU urges Government to stick with plans to streamline planning policies
Changes to planning rules must ensure that the rural economy can be allowed to prosper alongside a healthy natural environment, the NFU said today…
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NFU Cymru LFA office holders re-elected
John Owen, who farms at Rowen near Conwy, has been re-elected as the NFU Cymru Less Favoured Area (LFA) Board Chair and Denzil Jenkins, a hill farmer…
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Mixed response to HMRC review of policy on red diesel
The NFU is backing a proposed relaxation in the rules on the use of red diesel to allow farmers to grit roads during severe wintry weather. The…
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Jim Paice MP launches CFE Young Farmer competition
A new competition aimed at teaching young farmers more about the Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) has been launched by farming minister Jim…
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Fly-tipping on private land still a major concern
Fly-tipping incidents on private land remain a serious issue for farming, said the NFU today, despite new government figures revealing a decline in…
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NFU relieved after Defra announces two badger control areas to tackle TB
NFU President Peter Kendall has said today’s decision from Defra to commit to two pilot areas for badger controls as part of its plan to tackle…
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Budding Artist wins top prize in NFU Cymru colouring contest
A budding artist from Pembrokeshire is now running their own miniature farm after scooping top prize in a colouring competition organised by NFU…
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NFU responds to Government Water White Paper
The NFU has reacted to the publication of the Government’s Water White Paper, welcoming it as an opportunity to work with farmers and growers and the…
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Churchill’s wartime letter to NFU sells for £1650
A typed letter signed by Britain’s wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill sold for £1,650 when it went under the hammer at a leading Shropshire fine…
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NFU delight as UK secures vital extension on sheep EID
A key vote in Brussels on sheep EID that has delayed a requirement for individual movement recording of the ’historic flock’ for three years has been…
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