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New pocket guide helps farmers assess blanket bog health
New pocket guide helps farmers assess blanket bog health
Farmers play a central role in managing upland farms, producing food while using knowledge and experience passed down through generations to care for these landscapes and deliver wider environmental and societal benefits including wildfire prevention, water quality, carbon storage and..
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Founded in 1918, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) is the largest democratic voluntary organisation representing farmers and growers in Northern Ireland. It’s central objective is to promote their interests both at home and abroad through professional lobbying. Today, the UFU has over 11,500 members.
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UFU grass roots members discuss policy issues at their local Group and County meetings. Representatives from these local areas then take members views to the Union’s central policy committees where these are discussed in more detail. Policies are then ratified at the UFU’s monthly executive committee meeting.