Prime Minister Theresa May visited Fairview Farm, a dairy farm in Bangor this month. She was shown by owners Stephen and Susanne Jackson. After her tour of the farm, Mrs May met with representatives of the Ulster Farmers’ Union for lunch in the farmhouse. They discussed their concerns within the agriculture industry and talked about…
FGS Agri staff at Kemsley Mill, Sittingbourne gave back to the local community by helping with a clean-up event. The employees from FGS Agri joined forces with employees from DS Smith Kemsley Mill,members of the public and Swale Borough Council to spend a morning tidying up their area. They cut back hedgerows and collected litter…
Environment Secretary Michael Gove has indicated that the UK government would support a special deal for EU farm workers post-Brexit. Mr Gove addressed the National Farming Union’s (NFU) annual conference saying that “agriculture needs access to foreign workers to remain productive and profitable.” This comment was seconded by Meurig Raymond, NFU President, who claims that…