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IFA and ICOS to stage ‘flash action’ over CAP budget
James Hanly
The event will take place on Tuesday 20 May, with the aim of warning the Commission against stripping away the Common Agricultural Policy budget in favour of a single fund approach.
14 May 2025 News
CAP funding on the line as budget battle nears
Fears are mounting that the Commission is planning to axe the dedicated fund for CAP.
9 March 2025 News
Watch: This week in photos as farm visits & fertiliser spreading unfold
Our top photos this week show Agri Aware talks, fertiliser spreading, an INHFA protest, family farming, and red clover silage harvesting.
Watch: INHFA protests over GAEC 2
“This is our house and don’t forget it,” was the message from former president of the INHFA Colm O’Donnell at a protest by the farm organisation over GAEC 2 regulations at Agriculture House.
4 March 2025 News
UFU plan for thousands of tractors at IHT rallies
The rallies against proposed reform of inheritance tax are to take place on Saturday 25 January
15 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Scandals that shook farming: beef blockade, foot and mouth and Irish sugar
Over the next three weeks, we will take a look at the 12 biggest shocks and scandals to rock Irish farming in the first quarter of the 21st century. Here are the first four, in chronological order.
8 January 2025 News
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
1 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Farmers to protest against Mercosur in Brussels
The flash action has been organised by Belgian farm organisations, with the president of the IFA confirming he will be in attendance.
6 December 2024 News
Mercusor deal imminent as Von der Leyen lands in Uruguay
Ursula von der Leyen and her trade commissioner Maroš Šefcovic have flown to South America to conclude a trade summit over the controversial agreement.
5 December 2024 News
Labour holds firm on inheritance tax
Government ministers continue to argue that most UK farms will not be affected by the changes to inheritance tax.
20 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Tractors take to London as UK farmers seek to overturn inheritance tax plans
Tractors have taken to the streets in London as thousands of farmers attend the demonstration to protest against the surprise changes to farm inheritance tax.
19 November 2024 News
Watch: over 6,000 farmers attend UFU tax rally
The event at the Eikon Exhibition Centre near Lisburn was part of a UK-wide campaign to overturn changes to agricultural property relief from inheritance tax.
19 November 2024 Northern Ireland