8 September 2015 Renewables Support Cut Farm renewables projects could become far less attractive after the Government proposed cutting the amount of support for two key technologies. ...
8 September 2015 Milk Auction Rises Again The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction rose 10.9% at the latest sale on 1st September. This comes after a 14.9%...
8 September 2015 Welsh BPS Payments The Welsh Government produced an online BPS payments calculator at the start of the month. This was to allow farmers...
8 September 2015 Exchange Rates Exchange rates, and especially the £ v € relationship, is one of the key determinants of UK farm profitability. The...
8 September 2015 Badger Culls Approved DEFRA has announced that culls of badgers will take place in three areas this autumn in an effort to control...
8 September 2015 EFA in 2016 There has been a question over whether a field that had been used to grow a 2015 EFA Cover crop could then...
8 September 2015 EU Support Package Announced The EU has announced a €500m support package to help farmers through the current slump in prices. Most of this...
3 September 2015 More CSS Details More details on the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) continue to dribble out. The latest additional information is 'chapter 8' of...
3 September 2015 NVZ Grassland Derogation Applications for the Grassland derogation under the NVZ open on the 1st October and close at the end of December. ...
3 September 2015 Scottish Ag Wages The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has announced rates that apply for the year from 1st October 2015. The headline rate...
1 September 2015 Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme The Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme opens for claims on the 1st September. The scheme has an annual budget of...
28 August 2015 Further First Milk Price Cuts First Milk has announced further price drops from 1st September. The four manufacturing pools will be paid 0.3ppl less than...
28 August 2015 Monsanto Abandons Syngenta Bid After four months of negotiations and bids Monsanto has dropped its attempt to takeover Syngenta. This is after the Swiss-based company...
27 August 2015 English Crop Areas Provisional DEFRA statistics have been published for the crop areas in England for 2015. In line with previous forecasts (see...
27 August 2015 Neonic Study A study into the effect of the ban on neonicotinoid seed treatments on flowering crops found that it cost the...
27 August 2015 Dairy Markets – Aug ’15 Any recovery in the global dairy market seems to be receding further into the distance. The respected agricultural analysts at...
27 August 2015 CSS Deadline The deadline for full applications to the Higher Tier of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) has been extended to the...
27 August 2015 Scottish Rent Guidance Three organisations have come together to publish new guidelines on farm rents in Scotland. NFU Scotland, Scottish Land and Estates...
27 August 2015 Entitlement Transfers Those who transferred entitlements in England prior to the BPS claim may be wondering if the transaction has gone through. The...
26 August 2015 Catch Crop Establishment The wet weather conditions at the end of August have caused some concern for those due to plant EFA catch crops. According...
24 August 2015 Harvest 2015 Update Continued wet weather at the end of August hampered harvest progress somewhat but yield and quality reports look positive. Indications...
21 August 2015 DEFRA’s 10 Point Plan DEFRA has launched its 10 point plan to improve rural productivity. Many of the ideas/commitments within the plan have been announced...
20 August 2015 GDT Auction Improves A small sign of markets improving has been offered to dairy farmers from the latest GDT milk auction. The weighted...
20 August 2015 Rural Land Market The latest Rural Land Market Survey released by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Royal Agricultural University...
