15 July 2015July 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 2015Cereals 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 2015Milk Price Cuts Price Cuts More milk price reductions have been announced for August. Among the most significant (in terms of volume) are...
8 July 2015Welsh 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 2015Agriculture 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 2015Potash Mine Approved The North York Moors National Park Authority has given consent to York Potash for a mine on the outskirts of...
7 July 2015Campaign for the Farmed Environment DEFRA has released its latest estimates of areas of land under voluntary environmental management. The 'Campaign for the Farmed Environment...
6 July 2015Meat Market Update Beef The UK beef market went into decline at the turn of the year, mirroring what happened in the first...
3 July 2015Neonicotinoid Application Refused UK farmers will not be allowed to use neonicotinoid seed treatments on their oilseed rape plantings this autumn. An application...
2 July 2015Dairy News Roundup Muller Wiseman Price Cut Hard on the heals of Arla announcing its price cut for July, Muller Wiseman has come...
30 June 2015Arla 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 20152016 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 2015June 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 2015Russia 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 2015Scotland’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 2015Jim 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 2015UK 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 2015Soybean-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 2015Milk 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 2015Public 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 2015Basic 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 2015Wind 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 2015Dairy 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 2015Cereals Event Attendance Falls Visitor numbers to the 2015 Cereals Event fell by around 2% to 24,500. For 2016 the event will return to...
