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Next Generation Forum engages with AERA Committee Chair
Next Generation Forum engages with AERA Committee Chair
UFU’s/YFCU Next Generation Forum met with Diana Armstrong MLA, Chair of the Assembly’s AERA Committee, for an open and wide-ranging discussion on the issues shaping the future of farming in Northern Ireland. The discussion covered future agricultural support and the..
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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.