The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) is a member organisation/industry association for farmers in Northern Ireland. The UFU was formed in 1918[1] and currently claims over 12,500 members.[2]
The UFU has been involved in a number of campaigns for farmers' rights in Northern Ireland, including opposing moves to introduce compulsory purchases of farmland for industrial purposes,[4] organising a protest over low produce prices[5] and campaigning for an exemption for beef export bans during the Bovine spongiform encephalopathy crises.[6]
ulster, farmers, union, ulster, farmers, union, member, organisation, industry, association, farmers, northern, ireland, formed, 1918, currently, claims, over, members, formation1918locationnorthern, irelandmembership12, memberswebsiteofficial, website, conten. The Ulster Farmers Union UFU is a member organisation industry association for farmers in Northern Ireland The UFU was formed in 1918 1 and currently claims over 12 500 members 2 Ulster Farmers UnionFormation1918LocationNorthern IrelandMembership12 500 membersWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 Presidency 2 Campaigns 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPresidency editPrevious Presidents of the UFU included Sir Basil Brooke later the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland who served as UFU President between 1930 and 1931 as well as Rev Robert Moore 1937 38 1939 40 and 1941 42 Harry West 1955 56 and John Gilliland 2002 04 who was a cross community candidate in the 2004 European Parliament election 3 Harry Sinclair from Draperstown County Londonderry was president between 2012 and 2014 The current President is Ian Marshall from Markethill County Armagh Campaigns editThe UFU has been involved in a number of campaigns for farmers rights in Northern Ireland including opposing moves to introduce compulsory purchases of farmland for industrial purposes 4 organising a protest over low produce prices 5 and campaigning for an exemption for beef export bans during the Bovine spongiform encephalopathy crises 6 See also editAgriculture in the United KingdomEconomy of Northern IrelandReferences edit About UFU Structure Past Presidents Union chief welcomes farmer s victory Farmers protest over poor prices NI farmers welcome beef moveExternal links editUFU website nbsp nbsp This article about an organisation in Northern Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ulster Farmers 27 Union amp oldid 1185437436, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
