17 December 2014 Milk Production UK milk production looks to be easing. Latest figures from the RPA report deliveries for November stood at 1,117.4 million...
16 December 2014 Tax Guidance for Quotas HMRC has published guidance on 'negligible value' claims for assets under the Common Agricultural Policy. This relates to possible losses...
16 December 2014 Recommended List 2015/16 Twenty eight new cereal and oilseed rape varieties have been added to the 2015/16 HGCA Recommended lists. For winter wheat six...
16 December 2014 Farmer Confidence Falls The 5th annual Farmer Confidence survey has revealed a drop in short term optimism in the industry. Over half of respondents stated...
16 December 2014 Medium Term Prospects for EU Agriculture The EU Commission has released its latest report on the medium-term outlook for the major EU agricultural commodity markets and...
16 December 2014 Meat Markets Beef Since the low point in July, when the all steer deadweight price fell to 326.9p per kg, the farmgate...
15 December 2014 The Cost of Greening AHDB has tried to quantify the economic impact of the new Greening rules. The figures in the table below were...
15 December 2014 Record Payments From RPA The RPA has made more payments than ever before on the first day of the payment window. The Agency paid out...
15 December 2014 More Spending Cuts for DEFRA Following the Chancellors Autumn Statement the Office of Budget Responsibility has forecast that by 2019/20 public spending would fall to...
15 December 2014 Next BPS Guidance It seems likely that the next (and final) CAP Update booklet from DEFRA will be sent out between Christmas and...
15 December 2014 Welsh Moorland Region U-turn Confusion reigns in Wales regarding the implementation of the BPS. The Welsh Government has been forced to abandon its plans...
11 December 2014 Endocrine Disruptor Report A report, commissioned by the AHDB, has highlighted the economic impact EU plans to introduce new criteria to determine endocrine...
11 December 2014 CAPIS Registration update The registration roll out to Agents of the new CAPIS claims system has now begun in earnest. Some readers will...
11 December 2014 Cross Compliance 2015 DEFRA has published its new guidance on Cross Compliance. This can be found online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-compliance-guidance-for-2015 and claimants will also...
10 December 2014 Scottish Land Reform The Scottish Government is consulting on the future of Land Reform in Scotland. This follows the recommendations from the Land...
10 December 2014 Supply Trade Restructure Countrywide Farmers is to sell its animal feed andarable businesses, to concentrate on running its retail operation. The livestock feed...
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...
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...
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...
