19 September 2014 Cross-compliance Breaches The RPA has released its cross -compliance statistics for 2013. The number of failures has increased by more than 50%...
18 September 2014 Environmental Stewardship Closes Natural England has announced new applications to the ELS, OELS and UELS will not be accepted after 26th September 2014. ...
18 September 2014 New Online BPS System All will be aware that come next May, it won't be the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) but the Basic Payment...
16 September 2014 Euro Conversion Rate Farmers may have been eagerly watching the £/€ exchange rate through September so far, to see at what level their...
16 September 2014 Food Prices at Four-Year Low World food prices have fallen to a four-year low. In August the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Price Index dropped to...
15 September 2014 EU Fruit Aid Suspended The European Commission has suspended its €125m emergency aid fund, which was set up to help perishable fruit and vegetable...
15 September 2014 Bumper OSR Crop A bumper European oilseed rape crop is expected to see a 5-year low in imports. The EU is expected to...
12 September 2014 NVZ Grassland Derogation 2015 The application window for the NVZ grassland derogation is now open for the 2015 year. The usual 'manure loading limit'...
12 September 2014 Freedom Foods Rebranded The RSPCA's Freedom Foods will be re-branded to 'RSPCA Assured' after concerns that consumers do not recognise or know what...
8 September 2014 Ciolos Out, Hogan In Dacian Ciolos has been replaced as EU Farm Commissioner by the Irishman, Phil Hogan. The full 28-person line-up was announced by the...
8 September 2014 Hedges and EFA One of the major remaining unknowns in the English Greening rules is the treatment of hedges under the Ecological Focus...
5 September 2014 Arla Invest in Whey Milk processor, Arla have announced a €38m whey processing facility will be built next to its existing plant in Videbæk,...
5 September 2014 Big Beet Harvest The 2014 sugar beet harvest is getting underway shortly, with a record crop predicted. The Wissington and Newark factories open...
5 September 2014 Dairy Profitability – Sept ’14 With UK milk prices falling rapidly, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm Model to illustrate the effect on dairy farm profitability. ...
4 September 2014 Further Greening Rules for Wales The Welsh Government has published further information on how the Greening measures will work in Wales. The latest booklet - 'Your...
3 September 2014 First Milk Cut Price Again First Milk has announced a huge 3ppl price cut as from 1st October for all of its suppliers. The cut...
31 August 2014 Muller Milk Price Cut UK farmgate milk prices continue their descent. Muller Wiseman is the latest processor to announce a substantial cut. The non-aligned...
28 August 2014 Cross-compliance Changes – Aug ’14 At the same time as the August CAP update was published a list of the new cross-compliance rules under the...
28 August 2014 Harvest Update August 2014 Good harvest progress was made during the first half of August, but this then slowed as some areas were affected by showers. ...
28 August 2014 Horticulture Statistics Within the UK, vegetable area rose 2% to 131,000 hectares in 2013 and fruit area remained unchanged at 29,000 hectares...
28 August 2014 Welsh Moorland Classification The definition of Moorland under the Welsh Basic Payment Scheme is to be altered. The Deputy Minister for Agriculture Rebecca...
27 August 2014 YESS Scheme Opens The Young Entrants Support Scheme (YESS) in Wales will open for applications on the 1st September 2014. The deadline for...
27 August 2014 Dairy Markets – Aug ’14 Russian Ban The UK exports relatively few milk products directly to Russia. By far the most important category is cheese,...
