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We can say one thing for certain about 2008 it will be a year in which British farming becomes even more important to the nation as a whole. The world’s food supply is balanced on a knife edge between sufficiency read more..
Small traditional poultry producers and growers who use glasshouses could find their businesses under threat from EU rules lumping their businesses into the same pollution control bracket as power stations, the NFU warned today. The new proposed revisions to the read more..
NFU Brussels has ensured an early Christmas present for UK wine growers after the Council of the European Union agreed not to impose planting bans in the UK. The wine reform agreed at the Agriculture Council on Wednesday keeps producers read more..
Proposals for a ”Soils Directive”, that would have added significantly to the regulatory burden on farming for no perceptible environmental gain, have been thrown out by the EU Council of Ministers, following a sustained campaign by the NFU. The crucial read more..
Defra must make substantial alterations to its proposals to change Nitrate Vulnerable Zones before any action is taken to implement them, the NFU warned today. The NFU has submitted a list of 45 recommendations for alterations as part of its read more..
The NFU has called on the Government to ban imports of livestock from the bluetongue areas of Northern Europe following the discovery of the disease in a consignment of 20 cattle imported from the Netherlands. It appears that the cattle read more..
The NFU has welcomed the partial ban on Brazilian beef announced by the EU. Meeting today SCoFCAH agreed to ban all beef imports from Brazil apart from those from EU approved holdings. The move has been praised by NFU President read more..
The NFU has welcomed today’s announcement by Defra that a firm order has been placed with pharmaceutical company Intervet to supply 22.5 million doses of bluetongue vaccine. It is hoped the order, which comes after three bids were submitted during read more..
The NFU has met with the Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) to discuss ways of working together more closely to secure the best deal for tenant farmers. Last week’s meeting, the first for over a year, covered a wide range of read more..
Farmers and growers are unlikely to see any immediate change in the management of flood risk in rural areas despite the recommendations put forward in the Pitt report, the NFU warned today. The report, by Sir Michael Pitt, highlights the read more..
NFU President Peter Kendall will reinforce his continued call to reject proposals for an EU soils directive in a meeting with Portuguese Minister Mr Francisco Nunes Correia on the eve of a meeting of EU Environment Ministers. Mr Kendall is read more..
The NFU is re launching its popular standard legal agreements following feedback from thousands of members. ‘Model Clauses’ are free and exclusive professionally prepared specimen contracts designed for a range of agricultural, horticultural and rural business agreements. They are also read more..
Christmas comes but once a year, so why not make it extra special with a traditional farm fresh turkey forming the centrepiece of your meal. The popular NFU turkey website is making a welcome return to help consumers find a read more..
The NFU has warmly welcomed the decision by the Office of Fair Trading to clear the proposed merger between the co ops First Milk and Milk Link. Speaking after the announcement today (Wednesday) NFU dairy board chairman Gwyn Jones said read more..
The NFU today (Tues) issued a rallying call to livestock farmers to voice their feelings on the Government’s plans to transfer millions of pounds of the cost of dealing with animal disease outbreaks to the sector and warned the industry read more..
Spanish MEP Christine Gutierrez Cortines has been visiting the UK to see the good work UK farmers and growers are doing to maintain and enhance their soils. The report author for the planned Soils Directive will play a key role read more..
The NFU has reacted angrily to news that the European Commission has insisted that management plans must be removed from the Environmental Stewardship schemes after Defra announced the go head for its Rural Development Programme England. NFU President Peter Kendall read more..
Farms in the area most directly affected by this summer’s foot and mouth outbreaks will be able to resume exporting meat today (Wednesday) following the lifting of some of the restrictions that were still in place. The area around Surrey read more..
British farmers urgently need all the tools that science can offer if they are to meet the challenges of the 21st century, NFU President Peter Kendall will say today. He will tell an audience at the internationally renowned John Innes read more..
The NFU is joining forces with other industry stakeholders to reduce the amount of non packaging plastics that end up buried as landfill. A good practice information sheet, giving farmers guidance on handling, segregation and storage of agricultural waste plastics, read more..
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