30 August 2016 Welsh Future Agricultural & RD Policies The Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee is asking for opinions and ideas to help develop Welsh agricultural and...
25 August 2016 2017 BPS Guidance DEFRA has launched a new 'page' on its website for the 2017 BPS Scheme Year; https://www.gov.uk/guidance/bps-2017. However, at the moment...
25 August 2016 Livestock Movement Rules DEFRA has made available a form to apply for a Temporary Land Association (TLA) or a Temporary County Parish Holding...
25 August 2016 Glyphosate A report by New Zealand's Environment Protection Agency has concluded that glyphosate is 'unlikely to be genotoxic or carcinogenic to...
25 August 2016 Welsh RD Schemes Welsh farmers have a further opportunity to apply for grants under the Rural Development programme. The Cabinet Secretary for the...
18 August 2016 Milk Prices on the Up The global dairy market definitely appears to have turned a corner. The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on the...
18 August 2016 English Crop Areas DEFRA has released the first official crop area statistics for the 2016 harvest. These only relate to England, but tend...
18 August 2016 NFU Brexit Consultation The NFU has launched what it is billing as the 'largest consultation in a generation' with its members over agricultural...
17 August 2016 Land Values Drop Land values continue to fall according to the latest statistics. Prices for the first half of 2016 dropped by 4%...
17 August 2016 Milk Reduction Scheme Back in July we wrote about a further package of measures from the EU to support, in particular, dairy farmers. ...
15 August 2016 Farm Support Guaranteed Support to UK farmers has been guaranteed at current levels until 2020. In a statement given by Chancellor Philip Hammond on...
4 August 2016 Interest Rate Cut The Bank of England has today (4th August) announced a cut to the base rate. The cut of 0.25% is...
3 August 2016 Livestock Movement Rules Farming Minister, George Eustice, announced on 27th Julythat the new livestock movement rules (See May's article) will start rolling out...
3 August 2016 Scotland Sheep Payments Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, has confirmed payments under the new Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS) will be paid...
3 August 2016 Strong Results at GDT Auction Although there is a long way to go, dairy markets seem a lot more positive than a month ago. Domestically...
3 August 2016 Barclays Loan Fund Barclays has launched a loan fund worth £100m for farmers to help boost the industry's profitability and efficiency. The loans...
2 August 2016 Potato Plantings AHDB has released its first estimates of total potato plantings for the 2016 crop. These show the GB area has...
25 July 2016 July Arable Update The barley and oilseed rape harvests have begun in parts of Southern England. Clearly it is early days yet, but...
21 July 2016 Canada Trade Deal Trade policy and trade deals have become rather more important in farming thinking since the Brexit result. An example of...
21 July 2016 Dairy Markets Production UK milk production has turned sharply downwards. According to AHDB Dairy, deliveries in Great Britain for the fortnight up...
20 July 2016 Greening ‘Simplification’ The EU Commission's plans to simplify the Greening rules look set to disappoint many who hoped for a radical change. The...
19 July 2016 Planting Survey Results The 2016 AHDB Planting and Variety Survey shows an increase in the spring barley and oat area, but a decline...
19 July 2016 DEFRA Ministerial Line-Up The DEFRA ministerial line-up has been confirmed. As previously reported Andrea Leadsom will head up the Department as the Secretary...
19 July 2016 EU Aid Package The European Commission has announced a further package of measures, worth €500, million to support EU farmers, with particular emphasis...
