29 January 2015 Scottish Tenancy Review The Agricultural Holdings Legislation Review Group published its final report on Tuesday 27th January. The report is described as 'bold...
29 January 2015 What Gives Farmers the Edge? A report, 'The Best British Farmers - What Gives them the Edge?' produced by The Andersons Centre was presented at...
29 January 2015 Meadow Farm Update – Jan ’15 The figures for Meadow Farm have been updated ahead of Andersons Spring Seminars in February and March. Budgets for next year show...
29 January 2015 Dairy Roundup – Jan ’15 It has been a difficult month for all in the dairy industry with some still coming to terms with the...
28 January 2015 Scottish Farm Incomes The profitability of Scottish farming is estimated to have dropped 18% in real terms in 2014 compared to 2013. Total Income...
28 January 2015 Scottish CAP Update The Scottish Government has made further announcements on the implementation of the BPS. Entitlements - 2013 Limit It had been...
20 January 2015 BPS Update – Jan ’15 Online Applications There is increasing industry concern about the online application process in England. Timetables are slipping which is making...
16 January 2015 Scottish Greening The Scottish Government has announced a few 'tweaks' to the Greening rules. These are contained in an updated booklet on...
15 January 2015 AHDB Rebrand The different divisions of the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) will be rebranded from summer 2015. The aim is...
15 January 2015 GMO Green Light As expected, the European Parliament has agreed to allow Member States to decide themselves whether genetically modified crops (which have...
15 January 2015 DairyCo Consultancy for Farmers Dairy farmers who are struggling financially due to the current low milk prices will be able to receive some free consultancy. The...
13 January 2015 CAPIS Registration Update Many will have already registered onto the new CAP Information Service (CAPIS) but if not, the telephone route is by...
8 January 2015 First Milk Delay Payments Struggling First Milk has hit members with three announcements to try to alleviate its cash flow problems. Firstly it has...
6 January 2015 New AHDB Chief Executive Jane King, former editor of the Farmers Weekly, has been appointed Chief Executive of the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB). ...
6 January 2015 Eblex Grant The Eblex Better Returns Programme (BRP) is inviting applications for its latest round of Eblex Farmer Innovation Grants (FIGs). A...
23 December 2014 December Arable Update – Dec ’14 Here is a chart showing the movement of wheat price for 2014 and 2015 harvests for delivery next month (January...
23 December 2014 Pig Disease Reaches Europe The highly virulent Asian-American Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) has been confirmed in Ukraine. The virus, which has wiped out...
23 December 2014 Oil Market Anyone who has watched the news over the past couple of weeks is likely to have seen stories about the oil...
19 December 2014 More CAP Detail The latest (and last) CAP Update for England has been published by DEFRA. it can be found at - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cap-reform-december-2014-update. ...
18 December 2014 Scotland’s Rural Development Programme Richard Lochhead, Rural Affairs Secretary, has published details on the new Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP). Applications for some of...
18 December 2014 Scottish Active Farmer Rules The Scottish Government has released revised Active Farmer rules. These relate to minimum activity levels and represent a simplification of...
18 December 2014 Scottish Cross Compliance and NVZs The 2015 cross-compliance changes for Scotland have been published. The rules come intoforce from 1st January, key changes include; Zero-tolerance...
17 December 2014 Welsh EID The Welsh Government has announced it will be delaying the roll out of the electronic system to record sheep movements...
17 December 2014 RDP Approval Commences The European Commission has approved the first three Rural Development Programmes which will operate over the next seven years. The...
