9 December 2014 Milk Prices There doesn't seem to be any Christmas cheer for UK dairy producers as farmgate prices continue to fall. DEFRA's latest...
9 December 2014 New on-line CAP System for Scotland The Scottish Government has posted three short videos on its website to guide farmers, crofters and agents through the introduction...
9 December 2014 Policy Issues for 2015 As 2014 draws to a close it seems a good time to look forward to some of the policy issues...
8 December 2014 Farm Incomes Rise in 2013 DEFRA has released some surprising farm income figures for the 2013 year. The first estimate of Total Income from Farming (TIFF)...
5 December 2014 New Cross Compliance Guidance DEFRA has published new Cross-compliance Guidance for the 2015 BPS Scheme Year. This can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-compliance-guidance-for-2015. Also available...
5 December 2014 Autumn Statement – ’14 The Chancellor's Autumn Statement on the 3rd December contained little to excite the farming industry, or indeed the wider population. With...
27 November 2014 CAPIS Rollout After several weeks of testing the system with a small number of agents and customers, the RPA is now starting...
26 November 2014 Potato Output 2014 The AHDB (Potato Council) has published its provisional estimate of total GB potato production for 2014. This is put at 5.71...
26 November 2014 November Arable Update – 2 It is worth our while reminding ourselves just why grain prices have fallen so far since the high points in...
26 November 2014 BPS Update – Nov ’14 Our article last month reported on the new information contained in the October CAP Update from DEFRA. Now the dust...
26 November 2014 Stocktake Report 2013/14 EBLEX has released its latest benchmarking figures for English beef and sheep enterprises in the 2014 Stocktake Report. These relate...
26 November 2014 Welsh CAP Roundup The Welsh Government has published a CAP Reform Q&A, this can be found at http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/farmingandcountryside/farming/schemes/basic-payment-scheme/q-and-a-for-farmers-landowners-on-cap-reform-from-2015/?lang=en. Whilst much was already known,...
25 November 2014 Wales Survey of Agriculture The Welsh Assembly has released its estimates for the June 2014 Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture. Headline figures include a...
25 November 2014 Wales Farm Income Booklet The latest Wales Farm Income Booklet has been published this week by Aberystwyth University. The booklet contains the results from...
25 November 2014 Milk Production & Prices Provisional figures from the RPA show production continues to out perform year-earlier levels. Milk deliveries for October stood at 1,155.4 million litres,...
25 November 2014 Countryside Stewardship Details DEFRA has released more information on its new agri-environmental scheme - the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS). The 'Introducing Countryside Stewardship' document...
20 November 2014 Welsh Cross Compliance Changes The Welsh Government has announced changes to the Cross Compliance rules which will be introduced from 1st January 2015. The...
20 November 2014 2014 SPS Entitlement Values English Entitlement Values The RPA has revalued entitlements in England for the 2014 year. As most readers know by now,...
19 November 2014 Scottish CAP Update More detail has emerged on the implementation of CAP reform in Scotland over the last month or so. Firstly, a...
18 November 2014 Welsh Land Reclassification Rebecca Evans, Deputy Minister for Farming and Food has announced a deadline extensions for those farmers seeking reclassification of SDA...
18 November 2014 CAPIS Everyone should be aware that it will not be possible to make a paper claim for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)...
17 November 2014 Early Bird Survey 2014 The HGCA’s Earlybird crop area survey (undertaken by The Andersons Centre) has been published. It shows a decline in wheat...
17 November 2014 Bird Flu Outbreak DEFRA has confirmed that avian flu has been found on a duck breeding farm near Driffield, Yorkshire. The H5 strain...
17 November 2014 Changes to TB Test Delivery The Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA) will manage TB testing through delivery partners from April 2015. In England and...
