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The Chancellor's Autumn Statement on the 3rd December contained little to excite the farming industry, or indeed the wider population.  With...

After several weeks of testing the system with a small number of agents and customers, the RPA is now starting...

The AHDB (Potato Council) has published its provisional estimate of total GB potato production for 2014.  This is put at 5.71...

It is worth our while reminding ourselves just why grain prices have fallen so far since the high points in...

Our article last month reported on the new information contained in the October CAP Update from DEFRA.  Now the dust...

EBLEX has released its latest benchmarking figures for English beef and sheep enterprises in the 2014 Stocktake Report.  These relate...

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,...

The Welsh Assembly has released its estimates for the June 2014 Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture.  Headline figures include a...

The latest Wales Farm Income Booklet has been published this week by Aberystwyth University.  The booklet contains the results from...

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,...

DEFRA has released more information on its new agri-environmental scheme - the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS).  The 'Introducing Countryside Stewardship' document...

The Welsh Government has announced changes to the Cross Compliance rules which will be introduced from 1st January 2015.  The...

English Entitlement Values The RPA has revalued entitlements in England for the 2014 year.  As most readers know by now,...

More detail has emerged on the implementation of CAP reform in Scotland over the last month or so.  Firstly, a...

Rebecca Evans, Deputy Minister for Farming and Food has announced a deadline extensions for those farmers seeking reclassification of SDA...

Everyone should be aware that it will not be possible to make a paper claim for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)...

The Animal Plant and Health Agency (APHA) will manage TB testing through delivery partners from April 2015.  In England and...

According to the 5th assessment report published by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), governments around the world...

The HGCA’s Earlybird crop area survey (undertaken by The Andersons Centre) has been published.  It shows a decline in wheat...

DEFRA has confirmed that avian flu has been found on a duck breeding farm near Driffield, Yorkshire.  The H5 strain...

The Welsh Government has provided more detail on how those not automatically eligible for an entitlement grant in 2015 can secure support. ...

Beef Market The beef market has been under pressure for the first half of 2014, largely due to the increase...

Most sectors of agriculture sawa fall in profits in 2013/14 compared to the previous year.  This is according to the...

The HGCA has released the final results for its 2014 Cereal Quality Survey.  These prove to be not much different from...