19 January 2016 Facilitation Fund Opens The Countryside Stewardship Scheme Facilitation Fund is open for applications until the 18th March. This provides funds to bring groups...
19 January 2016 Abstraction Licenses DEFRA, The Welsh Government, the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales are holding a joint consultation on abstraction licenses. The...
19 January 2016 BPS Payment Update – Jan ’16 In England as of 19th January, the RPA had made payments to around 57,700 businesses. This is approximately two thirds...
19 January 2016 Muller Price Cut. Muller has announced a 1ppl price reduction. This will come into effect from 15th February. It is its first reduction...
19 January 2016 First Milk Sells Westbury First Milk has announced that it has sold its share of Westbury Dairies to Arla, for an undisclosed sum. This...
19 January 2016 Changes to BPS Penalty System The Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, has announced changes to make the CAP penalty system more tolerant. As from 2017 there...
14 January 2016 Flood Measures Scotland The Scottish Government have announced a number of measures to help those affected by the recent flooding. They key measures...
14 January 2016 First Milk Appoint New Chairman First Milk has appointed Clive Sharpe as its new Chairman. Sharpe replaces former Environment Secretary Sir Jim Paice, who left...
12 January 2016 Beef Efficiency Scheme Suckled calf producers in Scotland should have received a letter, diary and further information about 'getting ready' for the Beef...
7 January 2016 Farming Recovery Fund We wrote in December that the Farming Recovery Fund was open to those in Cumbria and north Lancashire affected by...
7 January 2016 Milk Production and Prices UK milk production is following a similar pattern to previous years, but at a higher level than historically. Production in...
5 January 2016 BPS Payment Update – Jan ’16 England The RPA has announced it has (just) met its commitment to the majority of eligible claimants by the end...
4 January 2016 2016 Cross Compliance The 'Guide to Cross Compliance in England: 2016' has been published. As part of the Governments 'digital by default' strategy,...
24 December 2015 RPA Payments Update As at the 23rd September the RPA reported that 42,000 English farmers had received their Basic Payment. With a total...
22 December 2015 NI Delivers on BPS The Agriculture Minister for Northern Ireland, Michelle O'Neill, has announced that her department has kept its promise and has delivered...
21 December 2015 December Arable Roundup This articleis not full of Christmas Cheer unless you are needing to buy grains in the short term. December has...
21 December 2015 EU Farm Incomes Farm incomes across the EU-28 fell by 4.3% in 2015 compared to 2014. The estimates from Eurostat of 'agricultural income...
21 December 2015 US Rates Rise The Federal Reserve has raised US base rates by a quarter of a percent to 0.5%. Although not much in...
21 December 2015 Beet Harvest and Contract At the halfway point of the campaign, British Sugar (BS) has released details so far for the 2015 crop. Both...
17 December 2015 No Record For Scottish Harvest Despite a lot of anecdotal evidence suggesting a record 2015 harvest for Scottish farmers the official Government statistics show otherwise....
17 December 2015 GDT Rises Slightly Some slight pre-Christmas cheer for the dairy sector came with the GDT milk auction results showing a second consecutive rise. ...
17 December 2015 Bovine TB Strategy Environment Secretary, Liz Truss, has announced the next steps for delivering the Government's TB eradication strategy. This will include the...
17 December 2015 Renewable Energy The Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) announced the changes to be made to future support for the renewables...
16 December 2015 BPS Payments – Scotland, Wales and NI The Scottish Government has announced that they are 'on track' with payments. The first payments will be made during December...
