15 July 20162017 Beet Price It has been announced that the minimum sugar beet price for the 2017 growing year will be £22 per tonne. ...
11 July 2016BPS Update – Jul ’16 2016 Claims Update The RPA has confirmed that it has received 86,820 BPS 2016 claims. Of these, 69,905 (80.5%) were...
11 July 2016Cross Compliance Breaches The RPA has released its latest report detailing the cross-compliance inspection statistics for 2015. The total number of failures has...
7 July 2016Brexit Update – Jul ’16 As the dust begins to settle on the Brexit decision, some further thoughts on where we are, and where we...
5 July 2016Meat Market As soon as the results came through from the UK referendum the value of the Pound fell sharply against both...
5 July 2016BPS Scotland Update 2015 BPS Payments Scotland has now made full 2015 BPS payments to about 97% of claimants. According to Rural Economy...
4 July 2016Meadow Farm Update – Jul ’16 Andersons has updated its Meadow Farm model. Meadow Farm is a notional 154 hectare (380 acre) lowland mixed beef and...
4 July 2016Fertiliser Prices Attention in nearly all sectors has been on output prices but many costs have also reduced. In particular, fertiliser prices...
1 July 2016Livestock Event Changes The Livestock Event on the 6th and 7th July will be the last in the present format. From 2017 it has...
30 June 20162015 BPS Queries The RPA has announced how it will be dealing with the outstanding queries relating to the 2015 BPS. Many will have e-mailed...
30 June 2016Accountable People – Jun ’16 It seems the RPA may no longer require all the details of 'accountable people' associated with a business. Many will...
29 June 2016Glyphosate Extension The European Commission has given the go ahead to extend the current licence for Glyphosate for a further 18 months. ...
24 June 2016Brexit The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union. Results from the referendum on membership put the leave side at...
24 June 2016Brexit – Implications for Farming The vote to leave the EU will have profound effects on UK farming sector and those that do business with...
24 June 2016Base Rates – Jun ’16 The sharp fall in Sterling following the Brexit vote may alter the timing of Base Rate rises. A weak currency...
24 June 2016Cereals Attendance Visitor numbers to the 2016 Cereals Event fell by around 2% to around 24,000. For 2017 the Event will return...
24 June 2016June Arable Outlook Well, at least in the very short term, the collapse of the Pound will support farming as it will make...
23 June 2016Pigmeat Market The UK pigmeat market has been recovering slowly since April. The EU-spec SPP for the week ending 18th June was...
21 June 2016Friesian Farm Update Ahead of the Livestock Event at Birmingham on 6th and 7th July Andersons has updated its Friesian Farm model. The...
20 June 2016Agricultural Statistics A couple of publications have emerged this month providing some detailed statistical analysis of the farming sector. In England. 'Agriculture...
20 June 2016Meadow Foods Increase Milk Price Meadow Foods is the first processor to announce an increase in milk price. The company has said it will increase...
20 June 2016Sanctions on Russia EU ambassadors have agreed to extend sanctions imposed on Russia for a further 6 months to January 31st 2017, but...
20 June 2016New Threat to Pesticides As the glyphosate saga rumbles on, another threat to key pesticides has come to the fore. The EU Commission has...
20 June 2016Second Scottish BPS Payments The Scottish Government is shortly to begin paying the balance of the 2015 BPS. Most (but not all) farmers have...
