Farmers

Clement Lynch

UFU raises serious concerns over key conclusions of Fivemiletown review

Diana Armstrong

Diana Armstrong raises concerns over £932 million in agricultural borrowing

Ian Brown

Ian Brown: Minister Muir Must Take Responsibility

UFU president John McLenaghan

UFU says Fivemiletown review exposes serious failures

John Moore, chief executive of SRG catches up with (l-r): Shauna Conlon, Martina Gormley, and Teresa O'Neill – the trio from Co Tyrone, who form the ‘phone frontline’ of the Bovine Genetics Programme.

Tyrone trio form ‘phone frontline’ of Bovine Genetics Programme

Farmers from Northern Ireland on a study tour to Scotland.

Free business and environmental support opens for family farms in Crossgar

Farmers pictured during the CliBeef study tour to the Republic of Ireland on 28–29 October 2026.

CliBeef study tour explores climate-friendly beef production

Gareth Wilson MLA

Wilson: Minister is out of touch with the realities facing family farms

The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) dairy committee is calling for a fair and meaningful increase in the base milk price

Meaningful base milk price increase overdue, says UFU dairy committee

Slurry spreading

Minister called on to explain whether slurry spreading rules are working

Carla Lockhart MP

Farmers must fight over 'carbon auditing proposals' at Stormont'

SNHS average pH for sampled soils by sub-catchment.

SNHS – Soil sampling update and results

Farmers and landowners play a vital role in managing Northern Ireland’s upland peatlands

New pocket guide helps farmers assess blanket bog health

The AFBI survey aims to improve farm safety across Northern Ireland.

AFBI urges NI farmers to have their say in farm safety survey

President Donald Trump signs a hard hat as he talks with workers at the White House Ballroom construction site at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

It was the Iran war that really sank Trump in the mid-terms

Daniel McCrossan

Full transparency and accountability demanded ahead of report into cattle cull
SDLP West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan has demanded full transparency and accountability ahead of the expected publication next week of the independent review into DAERA’s handling of the Fivemiletown cattle cull.
Gemma Murray

John McLenaghan, UFU President

Fivemiletown cattle cull report must deliver answers, accountability and action

Robert Cuddy and his son with Carla Lockhart MP at the Slurry Live event at the Eikon Centre.

In pictures: Carla Lockhart visits Slurry Live

Michelle McIlveen

DUP will oppose carbon audit penalties on farmers – McIlveen

Gareth Wilson, MLA for Newry and Armagh

Wilson concerned by soaring TB compensation costs in Armagh and Newry

Diana Armstrong

Farm fire cost rises four times faster in Northern Ireland than across the UK

Minister Niall Collins TD.

Working conditions hold the key to farming’s future, European conference hears

A new black Si-Ro-Mark branding fluid is now available.

New black marking fluid now fully scourable

Growth will be the key driver for the dairy sector into the future.

The future of dairy in Northern Ireland: it’s all about growth

Supporting farmers across Northern Ireland with watercourse maintenance, drainage issues and flood risk management through the work of UFU Technical Officers and DfI Rivers.

October Rivers Agency - Supporting farmers with rivers and watercourses

Farmers’ Choir NI committee members.

Farmers’ Choir NI celebrates £19,600 National Lottery funding

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart

Government’s token gestures will do little to ease financial burden: MP
DUP Agriculture spokesperson Carla Lockhart MP has criticised the Chancellor’s Budget for failing to deliver meaningful support for British farmers, warning that token gestures will do little to ease the financial pressures facing farm businesses.
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Clement Lynch

Rising costs leave farmers fighting to stay viable, UFU survey reveals

FMC Auctions

Vintage cars, tractors, motorcycles, signs and much more to be auctioned

Avian influenza (AI) remains one of the most significant disease threats facing our poultry industry.

Avian Influenza – Staying Vigilant

Rural Support is reminding farmers and farming families that support is available

Rural Support urges farming community to look out for one another

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Government response leaves key questions for beef farmers unanswered, says Kyle

Carla Lockhart MP

Chancellor urged to reverse ‘death tax’ policy threatening family farms

The stolen JCB telehandler

Thieves go to extraordinary lengths to strip copper and steal machinery

Organisers of the training.

Tipperary training empowers farmers on invasive species control

Macra president Josephine O’Neill

Macra sounds alarm over farm rates ruling and threat to essential farm sheds

horses and hounds

'We had to create WhatsApp group to protect families' from hunts

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5 November deadline for Sustainable Farming Investment Scheme

The UFU Pre-Budget Membership Survey was conducted between 29 September and 12 October 2026.

Farm investment grinding to a halt as 84% scale back, delay or cancel plans

Daniel McCrossan

Minister’s "disappointing" response to temporary slurry spreading proposals

Gyles Dawson Rural Support

Charity Rural Support encourages farmers to reach out 'sooner rather than later'

Fresh potatoes in a wooden box in a field.

UFU urges potato growers to stand firm on fair market prices

Glenn Cuddy

'Carbon auditing must not be forced on farmers'

Omagh-based accountant Seamus McCaffrey is advising farmers to review their finances and prepare for upcoming tax bills.

Farmers urged to review finances ahead of January tax bills

Hill farms were in the spotlight during the inaugural UK Farming Unions Upland Summit

UFU Commodity Watch: An uphill battle for NI’s hill farms

Prime Minister Andy Burnham during a meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at Number 10 Downing Street, Westminster. Picture: PA/Henry Nicholls

Defence is now a costly issue and farmers are now forgotten

Ulster Unionist Deputy Leader and Agriculture Spokesperson Diana Armstrong MLA has backed the Ulster Farmers’ Union’s call for inheritance tax changes to be reversed in the Autumn Budget, after a survey of members found more than four in ten farm businesses have already cut back on investment.

Armstrong: Farmers squeezed from both ends as survey lays bare IHT damage

CattleZen mimics naturally-occurring pheromones that are secreted by the skin of the mammary gland of lactating animals.

Next-generation calming pheromone launched by Norbrook

The SDLP's Daniel McCrossan

McCrossan urges Muir to consider slurry spreading extension

Diana Armstrong

Minister Andrew Muir claims '7% producing something like 70% of the phosphorus'

Farm fire

Cost of farm fires in NI increase 73% in 2025 costing an estimated £11.8 million

Carla Lockhart MP

DAERA Minister keeps running from farmers and accountability: Lockhart

Neil Henderson (r), a suckler farmer from Lisbellaw Co. Fermanagh is pictured along with his father, David Henderson (l). Neil was one of the first farmers to sign up to the Bovine Genetics Programme and is encouraging others to do the same.

6443 farmers now registered for Bovine Genetics Project

Stormont buildings

UFU warns proposed Hunting with Dogs Bill risks undermining farm families

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Farmers encouraged to take action on arthritis at World Arthritis Day Webinar

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