23 July 2015 Farm Saved Seed Rates The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has published the royalty rates for farm-saved seed for the 2015/16 season. These...
17 July 2015 Welsh Rural Development Funds Four new schemes will be launched shortly under the Welsh Rural Development Programme; Rural Community Development Fund - aimed at improving...
17 July 2015 Strengthening Sterling Adds Pressure The Euroweakened to below 70p on the 16th July (or the Pound went above £1 = €1.43 in the other...
16 July 2015 Global Dairy Market Crash The latest Global Dairy Trade Auction on the 16th July saw prices fall by 10.7%; the largest fall since April...
15 July 2015 Avian Flu Confirmed DEFRA has confirmed a case of avian flu (H7N7) has been found in Lancashire. A 3 kilometre protection zone and...
15 July 2015 July Budget The Chancellor, George Osborne, unveiled the first all-Conservative Budget for 19 years on 8th July. With the previous Budget only taking...
15 July 2015 Cereals and Oilseed Area Falls The area of cereals and oilseeds has fallen by 2% in Great Britain for the 2015 harvest. AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds...
13 July 2015 Milk Price Cuts Price Cuts More milk price reductions have been announced for August. Among the most significant (in terms of volume) are...
8 July 2015 Welsh Announce BPS Plan Deputy Food and Farming Minister, Rebecca Evans, has announced the Welsh Government's BPS plans. A flat rate system will be...
7 July 2015 Campaign for the Farmed Environment DEFRA has released its latest estimates of areas of land under voluntary environmental management. The 'Campaign for the Farmed Environment...
7 July 2015 Agriculture Remains Most Dangerous Industry Figures published by the Health and Safety Executive record 33 fatalities in agriculture in 2014/15. The five-year average is also...
7 July 2015 Potash Mine Approved The North York Moors National Park Authority has given consent to York Potash for a mine on the outskirts of...
6 July 2015 Meat Market Update Beef The UK beef market went into decline at the turn of the year, mirroring what happened in the first...
3 July 2015 Neonicotinoid Application Refused UK farmers will not be allowed to use neonicotinoid seed treatments on their oilseed rape plantings this autumn. An application...
2 July 2015 Dairy News Roundup Muller Wiseman Price Cut Hard on the heals of Arla announcing its price cut for July, Muller Wiseman has come...
30 June 2015 Arla Price Drops The UK's largest dairy company, Arla, is reducing the price it pays its members from the 6th July. The standard...
30 June 2015 2016 Beet Price The sugar beet price for the 2016 crop will be £20.30 per tonne. This announcement comes following an agreement between...
26 June 2015 June Grain Markets Surely this is the low-point of the grain market? Surely dipping into 2 figures in some regions for feed barley...
26 June 2015 Russia to Extend Ban After the EU extended its economic sanctions by 6 months to 31st January 2016, Russia plans to extend the ban on...
25 June 2015 Scotland’s Land Reform Bill The Scottish Government's long awaited Land Reform Bill was published on June 23rd. Land Reform Minister, Aileen McLeod, has pledged...
24 June 2015 Jim Paice Steps Down First Milk's chairman, Jim Paice, has announced that he will step down from his role. First Milk has also announced...
24 June 2015 UK Organic Decline The decline in the area of organic land in the UK continued in 2014, for the sixth year in a row. ...
23 June 2015 Soybean-Rapeseed Divergence The soybean is dominant in the oilseed market and price movements in that market usually indicate the direction of prices this side of...
23 June 2015 Milk Production and Prices Production Latest UK daily milk deliveries for the two weeks ending 6th June show production remains strong. At 43.6 million...
