30 March 2015Financial Discipline The EU Commission is proposing a rate of Financial Discipline of 1.39% for 2015. This mechanism reduces direct payments by...
30 March 2015Cross Border BPS Claims DEFRA has published Guidance for those that have land within more than one country of the UK and wish to claim...
27 March 2015Young/New Farmer Certification Form Published The long-awaited Certification Form for applications under the BPS in England is now available online. This form should be used for both...
27 March 2015More FEZ’s A further six Food Enterprise Zones (FEZ) have been announced. Central Bedfordshire, Gipping Valley and Orwel, Greater Norwich, North Somerset, Rydale...
27 March 2015CAP Deadline – Wales, Scotland, NI Following the announcement of the BPS application deadline being extended by a month in England it is worth looking at...
27 March 2015Welsh Farm Incomes The Welsh Government has released figures on showing a fall in farm incomes between 2013 and 2014. The data covers aggregate...
27 March 2015UK Winter Planting Results As of 1st December 2014, according to the HGCA and devolved Government planting surveys, there was 6% less winter cereals...
27 March 2015Arable Outlook- March Exports have slowed, the Pound has strengthened, and the likely surplus at the end of the grain marketing season is...
26 March 2015Dairy profitability – Mar ’15 As the 2014/15 milk year draws to a close, the latest figures from Friesian Farm show that the coming 12 months look set...
26 March 2015Dairy Update – Mar ’15 Global Markets The GDT auction price took a substantial step backwards at the latest sale on the 17th March. After...
25 March 2015CSS Priority Statements Those wishing to apply to the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) can now see the local 'Statements of Priorities'. All...
25 March 2015Rural grants available. One of the strands of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) is the Growth Programme. As the name suggests,...
25 March 2015BP5 Form Published Following the announcement that 2015 Basic Payment applications would be made on paper the RPA has published the blank BP5...
19 March 2015Budget 2015 The Chancellor, George Osborne unveiled his 6th Budget on the 18th March. With less than two months to go until...
19 March 2015Commission Allows BPS Extension The European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has today (19th March) confirmed that Member States will be allowed an extension to...
19 March 2015BPS Online System Abandoned The RPA has announced the on-line Rural Payments system will not be used for this year's BPS applications. Apart from...
18 March 2015Farm Practices Survey The Farm Practices Survey, conducted in October asked over 6,000 farmers about their understanding of the BPS Greening rules and...
18 March 2015BPS Extension Possible Obviously the problems with the Rural Payments system are ongoing (still no mapping functionality as of today). It is reported...
18 March 2015Countryside Stewardship Funding DEFRA has announced that £7.2 million will be available to assist farmers wanting to work together on landscape-scale Countryside Stewardship...
12 March 2015BPS Mapping Guide The long awaited clarification on mapping grass margins has finally arrived and, as hoped, there will be no requirement to map grass...
9 March 2015Relaxation in GAEC 7 rules in Scotland After lobbying from NFU Scotland, the Scottish Government has relaxed the rules around cultivations within 2m of a hedge. The...
9 March 2015Countryside Productivity Scheme Detailed guidance on Countryside Productivity grants has now been published online (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/countryside-productivity-scheme). There are two types of grants. Small grants,...
5 March 2015Welsh SAF 2015 Rules Booklet The Welsh Government has published their '2015 Single Application Rules Booklet'. Although payment regions and the transitional period are still...
3 March 2015Arable Outlook- February We have commented in previous months how there is lots of wheat and barley the in UK to export this...
