Issues and Results

With over 11,500 members and 16 central policy committees the Ulster Farmers’ Union covers a broad range of agricultural and rural issues. The lists below provides some additional detail about some the key issues we are working on and results we have achieved, and while not exhaustive they give a flavour of the current work of the Union and our wins.

For more information about what our policy committees are working on visit our Policy Committee Page.

Issues We Are Working On

Brexit Beef and sheep support Rural crime Climate change NI Energy Strategy Eradication of Bovine TB COVID-19 Agricultural Wages Board Livestock worrying RHI BVD Environmental Farming Scheme UK Agriculture Bill TB testing NIRO scheme Dairy contracts Food security Farm safety Agriculture labour Beef market Horticulture Dairy farmgate milk price Basic Payment and Greening Nitrates Action Programme Slurry spreading Tackling climate change Avian influenza Planning premission Ammonia Future NI agriculture policy Live exports

Results

Support scheme for NW flooding victims SES withdraw guidance UFU Women in Agriculture conference a great success Successfully lobbied to streamline cattle movement paperwork and the removal of the compulsory requirement for hard copies of MC2 document Land Mobility Programme enters next phase Successfully fought again practical and unworkable changes to Nitrates Action Programme Key driver behind success of 8th annual Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend Successfully lobbied for the removal a number of extreme measures proposed under the new Nitrates Action Programme Successfully lobbied for the creation and appointment of a Groceries Code Adjudicator Lobbied successfully to secure an increase in the planning permitted agricultural development limits At the forefront of the establishment of AHWNI - promoting animal health and welfare in NI Successfully opposed the introduction of National Parks in NI