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...
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...
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...
18 August 2015 CSS Clarification The rollout of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme has not been the smoothest, and a number of queries are still awaiting...
18 August 2015 Environmental Stewardship Payments Payments under Environmental Stewardship agreements (ELS, HLS etc.) will be later than usual this year. This follows the extension of the...
17 August 2015 Supermarkets’ Milk Support A number of retailers have announced price pledges in response to the ongoing 'crisis' in the milk market. The first...
17 August 2015 Welsh TB Consultation Following the decision earlier this year to not introduce a tabular based compensation system, the Welsh Government has launched a...
13 August 2015 Scotland Ban GM Following the EU decision to allow Member States to individually restrict or prohibit the use of EU authorised Genetically Modified...
13 August 2015 2016 Greening Guidance Wales The Welsh Government has published the 2016 guidance booklet for Greening. Although the rules remain largely the same there have...
11 August 2015 Dairy Crisis As farmer protests continue across the UK, it is hard to see where any immediate relief in the dairy industry...
10 August 2015 Russia Tightens Ban After extending the ban on imports of many food items Russia has gone one step further. Under the Russian decree...
