Birmingham joins new 5m UK Hardware Security Institute
Researchers at the University of Birmingham will form part of a new £5m multi-university Research Institute to improve hardware security and reduce vulnerability to cyber threats. read more
View ArticleUFU urges vigilance following Avian influenza reports
The Ulster Farmers’ Union is urging poultry farmers to be vigilant in light of continued outbreaks of Avian influenza on continental Europe, mainly in Italy, Bulgaria and Germany. It follows a briefing...
View ArticleCall for determined volunteers to join fight against dementia in Belfast
The UK’s leading dementia research charity is looking for people with a range of skills to help set up the group, which will aim to raise vital funds and awareness across the region. read more
View ArticleUFU attend talks on Brexit in London
The Ulster Famers’ Union leadership team, policy committee chairs and staff were in London this week meeting with government officials, politicians and representatives from the NFU to feed in the views...
View ArticleUFU Supports Northern Ireland AHDB Monitor Farm
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board are currently in the recruitment process for six new arable farms to join their Monitor Farm Programme. This is the first time a farm in Northern...
View ArticleUniversity of Birmingham in new National Biofilms Innovation Centre
The University of Birmingham is to play a role in the new National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) launched today which brings together the UK’s world-class expertise in biofilms research. read more
View ArticleUFU welcomes Glyphosate re-authorisation
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed a decision by the appeals committee in Brussels to approve the essential herbicide glyphosate for a further five years, however, it is disappointed that, despite...
View ArticleUK Governments Industrial Strategy recognises importance of food production
The UFU, along with its UK farming union counterparts, made the case to government and politicians that food and farming can deliver productive and economic gains for the country and should be included...
View ArticleUFU concerned by TB proposals
Ulster Farmers’ Union deputy president, Victor Chestnutt, says DAERA’s long overdue consultation on plans for tackling TB is a mixed bag. read more
View ArticleNovel drug delivery system has game-changing potential to reduce rates of HIV...
Seattle, WA, December 1, 2017—The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), awarded PATH a three-year, $9.4...
View ArticleUFU recognises top cereal growers of 2017
Winners of the Winter Wheat, Winter Barley, Spring Barley and Oats categories joined UFU Deputy President Victor Chestnutt and representatives from the competition sponsors BASF, Bayer CropScience,...
View ArticleUFU challenging planning permission questions in RHI audits
The Ulster Farmers’ Union is challenging part of an audit into RHI boiler use that asks farmers to state if they had planning permission for buildings or housing linked to boilers. read more
View ArticleLive export bill challenged
The Ulster Farmers’ Union deputy president Victor Chestnutt has challenged the credibility of proposals to ban the live export of livestock from the UK, post Brexit, following a meeting with live...
View ArticleUFU warns DAERA inaction could see RDP funds lost to NI farmers
The Ulster Farmers’ Union says farmers are beyond frustration with the lack of progress on Northern Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP). It says events are bordering on the farcical, and that...
View ArticleLive Exports in Focus
The live export of livestock from the UK has come into focus again recently following proposals by Theresa Villiers MP to introduce a ‘Live Animal Exports’ Private Members’ Bill to the House of Commons...
View ArticleUFU welcome opening of second tranche of Tier 1 FBIS
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the announcement that the second Tranche of Tier 1 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme will open early next year. read more
View ArticleUFU winter roadshow dates announced
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has announced the dates for its annual January meetings which will again take a roadshow type format. read more
View ArticleUFU livestock committees begin to discuss DAERA TB consultation
As most farmers are aware, DAERA has recently released a new consultation on TB eradication in Northern Ireland. At this stage, UFU central committees view the release of the consultation as long...
View ArticleEuropean Commission appoints new Heads of Representation in Athens, Prague...
Mr George Markopouliotis will take up office in Greece on 1 February 2018, Ms Dana Kovarikova will take up office in the Czech Republic on 1 February 2018 and Mr Ierotheos Papadopoulos will do so in...
View ArticleDAERA budget cut proposal threatens economy
The Ulster Farmers’ Union says the recently published budgetary outlook is bleak reading for a key sector of the local economy. read more
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