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There may be a redistribution of levy board funding in the beef and sheep sectors as a result of a...

As at the 8th the RPA had made 36,083 English BPS payments.  This is some 41.4% of eligible farmers.  The...

Thirty two new cereal and oilseed rape varieties have been added to the 2016/17 AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Recommended lists, whilst...

Farmers affected by the recent flooding in Cumbria and north Lancashire will be eligible for up to £20,000 of support. ...

Potato production in Great Britain will fall by 5.5% for the 2015 season compared to 2014.  This is according to...

Two of the worlds largest chemical companies, Dow and DuPont are in the advance stages of merger negotiations.  If the...

AHDB Beef and Lamb (previously Eblex) has released its latest benchmarking figures for English beef and sheep enterprises.   The...

Two Monsanto genetically modified maize varieties have been approved for import into the EU.  Mon87427 and NK603xT25 may enter the...

A review of Hybu Cig Cymru / Meat Promotion Wales will being in January.  The review will focus on the...

The Welsh Government has had to suspend its badger vaccination programme due to a worldwide shortage of the vaccine.  The...

There has been an update on the 'Active Farmer' declaration with respect to entitlement transfers.  The person receiving entitlements must...

UK milk production for October stood at at 1,192.8 million litres; 38.1 million litres more than in September.  This is...

Applicants to Countryside Stewardship (CSS) may have to start the scheme without having an agreement in place. Natural England had...

After three consecutive falls, prices on the GDT milk auction increased at the 1st December sale.  The index of products...

The election of a new Government in Argentina may seem rather remote from UK farming.  However, the ripples from the...

The RPA has announced that it will be paying around 30,000 English farmers thier 2015 Basic Payment on 1st December. ...

DEFRA's farm profitability figures continue to surprise.  The Department has just released an update to its Total Income from Farming...

The UK farming industry increased its net worth by almost 6% in the 2014 calendar year according to DEFRA statistics. ...

The first official estimates for supply and demand of cereals has been published.  Wheat availability is up by 1% on...

DEFRA faces a 15% real-terms cutin its budget over the next 5 years. This is the result of the settlement...

We often look at currency when it comes to grain markets and this month is no exception.  The euro took...

Many will be wanting to transfer entitlements ahead of the 2016 BPS claim.  Timings and processes differ across the GB...

The EU Commission has confirmed that the rate of Financial Discipline (FD) on 2015 BPS payments will be 1.393041%.  This applies...

The AHDB's Early Bird Survey (EBS) has been published.  It shows the wheat area remaining static but a decline in...