Love Lamb Week roundup
The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) and Ulster Wool provided materials to help promote the environmental aspects and the health gains of consuming lamb as well as graphics showing the life cycle of...
View ArticleUFU MPI: 31.87ppl (was 31.01ppl) - Largest MPI increase since 18 February...
UFU MPI: 31.01ppl (up from 30.84ppl) – Positivity has returned to dairy commodity markets, with Dutch butter rising €130/tonne in the last two weeks to €3920, its highest in six weeks and skimmed milk...
View ArticleUFU participate in ADBA NI conference
This event represented the second conference held in NI during this time and is recognition of the 75 AD plants located here.read more
View ArticleSolutions to deliver sustainable beef production webinar
The third beef solutions 2021 webinar focuses on ‘Carbon – an opportunity and a challenge’, taking place on Thursday 30 September, 8.00pm. The webinar will be chaired by UFU senior policy officer,...
View ArticleSave displaced people from slavery by granting right to work, urges UN expert
GENEVA (17 September 2021) – Governments could boost their own economies and save more than 80 million people from the threat of modern slavery if they granted the world’s forcibly displaced people the...
View ArticleNew Agriculture & Land Use Alliance launches Countryside COP
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU), as part of the Agriculture and Land Use Alliance (ALA), will host the first ever Countryside COP event to showcase and inspire net zero activity in rural communities and...
View ArticleFibrus partners with Ulster Farmers Union to boost Rural Revolution
As ‘Affinity Partners’, Fibrus will be providing Ulster Farmers’ Union members with support and special rates to help move their businesses online using the new Fibrus Full Fibre network, which is...
View ArticleJob vacancies - Assistant group manager (Fermanagh, Mid Antrim and East Tyrone)
In today’s world of regulation and inspections it is very reassuring to know that as a member , the support and knowledge of the Ulster Farmers Union is only a phone call away .The expertise and depth...
View ArticleFSU Menopause workplace survey finds enormous dissatisfaction about how the...
The Financial Services Union (FSU) has published its findings from a recent survey of its members on the issue of menopause in the workplace.read more
View ArticleFSU welcome AIB announcement of an end to its Promotion and Recruitment Embargo
The Financial Services Union has welcomed the announcement by AIB, that it is ending what they termed their “Special Measures” , which ultimately means the end of their current Recruitment and...
View ArticleDespite lockdowns, 1,142 people died on our roads in the past year
This article by Matthew Mclaughlin, from the School of Medicine and Public Health at University of Newcastle, Associate Professor Hayley Christian from The University of Western Australia, and Karen...
View ArticleSierra Club Maine endorses citizen-led coalition effort to create a...
Matt Cannon, Campaign and Policy Associate Director, Maine Sierra Club matthew.cannon@sierraclub.org , 207-725-6604.read more
View ArticleUFU and DAERA agriculture and climate conference reminder
Titled Agriculture and Climate Change: A Countryside COP event, it will focus on raising awareness about climate issues, highlighting the positive action already underway, and providing practical on...
View ArticleAHDB Downpatrick Monitor Farm meeting: Preparing for zero carbon farming
Richard will provide an update on the farm, harvest and winter planting and will also look at how farms can prepare for zero carbon farming. Ryan Douglas (ADAS) will lead a discussion on how carbon...
View ArticleFuture proofing your dairy business webinar one Carbon Awareness
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) together with industry partners, Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and Dairy Council Northern Ireland (DCNI), bring a series of webinars...
View ArticleGrassroots football, more young women playing football: BT feature film Goal...
BT in partnership with the British Asian Trust and Going to School, launch new feature film to tackle vaccine hesitancy in India and South Asian communities in the UK Premier League players including...
View ArticleNon-invasive ventilation for COVID-19 patients isn't linked to heightened...
New research carried out in collaboration with the University of Birmingham has found that the use of non-invasive breathing support to treat patients with moderate to severe COVID-19 in hospitals...
View ArticleOptiva Establishes R&D Centre of Excellence in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to...
Optiva R&D team more than triples year to date and continues growth through acquisition and strengthening of talent, demonstrating long-term commitment to customers and BSS innovation.read more
View ArticleBelfast Council halts attempt to prohibit pro-life activity in public square
An attempt to censor material and activity, including that of pro-lifers, on the streets of Belfast has been put on hold after vigorous and determined opposition from individuals and groups, including...
View Article49 new cities join UNESCOs Creative Cities Network
The Network now numbers 295 cities reaching 90 countries that invest in culture and creativity – crafts and folk art, design, film, gastronomy, literature, media arts, and music – to advance...
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