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Cash flow pressures prompt NI farmers to leave industry
Around 600 farm workers have left the agriculture industry in Northern Ireland over the past year, new figures show. The size of the agricultural…
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Report which tracks progress of environment labelled 'a tough read for those who care about countryside'
The Government has released a report that tracks the progress of the Natural Environment White Paper published in 2011. The White Paper set out the…
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Farmers urged to write to MP as industry at risk in future Brexit talks
Farmers must help raise awareness of the importance of agriculture during post-Brexit negotiations as industry risks being pushed to the sidelines…
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Access to European market 'crucial' as farmers meet to discuss post-Brexit
Livestock chairmen from all four of the biggest farming unions in the UK have met to discuss the potential impact on beef and lamb sectors…
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Riders will race at Aintree for countryside charities
Eight riders from across the North West and beyond will line-up to race at Aintree in aid of The Countryside Alliance Foundation on 23 October. The…
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Interim body to manage Crown Estate assets labelled a ‘positive step’
NFU Scotland’s Crown Estate tenants working group met this week to compile its submission to the Scottish Government consultation on the interim…
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Farmers encouraged to have their say as consultations begin
Hundreds of farmers have turned up to have their say on what they think is needed from a future domestic agricultural policy for the British farming…
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Farmers warned as swine dysentery detected in Yorkshire
Farmers have been warned to be vigilant and maintain high biosecurity standards after another case of Swine Dysentery was detected on a farm in…
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National living wage poses great concern for Scotland's fruit farms
The national living wage poses a great concern for Scotland's fruit farms along with plant diseases, according to NFU Scotland. Growers and their…
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UK warned to invest in agricultural workforce to survive post Brexit
The United Kingdom is being warned that it will need to invest in its agricultural workforce to survive in the wake of Brexit. Professor Tim Lang…
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