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 Potash Mine Approved The North York Moors National Park Authority has given consent to York Potash for a mine on the outskirts of...
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...
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...
23 June 2015 Public Opinion of Farmers Improves For the forth year running the public's opinion of farmers has improved. According to the OnePoll survey, 68% of people...
23 June 2015 Basic Payment Scheme Roundup With the dust settling on applications for the Basic Payment Scheme in England there are some issues that applicants may...
19 June 2015 Wind Farm Subsidies to End Honouring a Election Manifesto pledge, the Conservative Government has announced its intention to end subsidies for onshore wind farms from...
18 June 2015 Dairy Crest Sale: No Approval Yet The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Muller's proposed acquisition of Dairy Crest's Dairy (i.e. liquid milk) division...
17 June 2015 BPS Deadline Passed The extended BPS deadline for applications without penalty passed on midnight on the 15th June for farmers in Scotland and England. ...
17 June 2015 Organic Reform Comprmise The Latvian Presidency has managed to negotiate a compromise of the revision of EU organic rules. There have been two...
17 June 2015 BSE Scare Ireland A suspected case of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) has been identified in Ireland. The five year-old cow, which had not...
17 June 2015 Cereals Event Attendance Falls Visitor numbers to the 2015 Cereals Event fell by around 2% to 24,500. For 2016 the event will return to...
