27 August 2014 Fungus Hits US Wheat Crop Wheat farmers in the US are facing large grain cleaning bills with some soft red wheat crops having been hit...
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...
26 August 2014 Badger Cull Authorised Natural England (NE) has confirmed that all the 'criteria' have been met to allow a second year of badger culling...
22 August 2014 Greening Factsheet We have updated our Greening Factsheet - this provides a summary of our current understanding. It provide more clarification on...
22 August 2014 Scottish CAP and Capping When the Scottish Government announced its CAP implementation plans back in June, it proposed a 'cap' on BPS payments. This...
22 August 2014 DEFRA Crop Areas DEFRA has released its crop area figures for the 2014 harvest. These are based on the June Survey, and at...
20 August 2014 Land Prices Rise Land prices continue to increase. This is being driven by a rise in the demand for residential and 'lifestyle' farmland plus continued commercial...
20 August 2014 World Grain Supply and Demand With the harvest progressing, the prospects for the 2014 crop year are becoming clearer. The International Grains Council (IGC) has...
14 August 2014 More English Greening Detail DEFRA has published further details on the implementation of CAP reform in England. The full guidance document can be found...
13 August 2014 Doha Trade Deal Collapses We reported back in December that, after twelve years, there had finally been an agreement in the World Trade Organisation...
7 August 2014 Tighter TB Control in Wales The exemption that allows cattle in Wales to be moved within aSole Occupancy Authority (SOA) without a pre-movement TB test...
7 August 2014 Food Fraud Research Grants Grants of £1.87m have been awarded to five projects to explore the issues behind food fraud. The grants, provided by the Economic...
7 August 2014 Russia Bans Food Imports In response to the sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine, Russia has banned food imports from the EU, US,...
5 August 2014 More CAP Updates from Scotland Some additional detail on CAP reform in Scotland has emerged. All administrations were required to submit their decisions on Basic...
5 August 2014 Co-op Farms sold to Wellcome Trust The Co-operative Group has announced the sale of its farming operations to the Wellcome Trust. The deal, for £249 million, includes...
31 July 2014 Vision for British Lamb A 'Vision for British Sheep Production' was launched at the Sheep Event at Malvern. This document, jointly produced by the...
29 July 2014 Dairy Update – Jul ’14 Commodity Prices It had seemed that global milk commodity prices might be stabilising, but the last month has seen further...
29 July 2014 Welsh TB Consultation Responses A summary of the 70 responses received for the consultation on the introduction of a table valuation system for TB...
29 July 2014 Welsh Suckler Numbers Down Welsh suckler cow numbers have fallen by 17,000 (7%) between 2011 and 2013. A report commissioned by Hybu Cig Cymru...
29 July 2014 Tesco Boss Leaves Phillip Clarke, the Chief Executive of Tesco is due to leave in October after failing to meet profit targets. Latest...
28 July 2014 Default Greening for Scotland Scotland will apply the default EU greening rules in 2015, Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead, has announced. In the Implementation...
28 July 2014 Agri-Tech Projects announced It has been announced that 15 projects will receive Agri-tech funding. £12.1 million of government funds will be topped up...
28 July 2014 Beef Most Damaging to Environment A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has concluded that beef production is nearly ten...
28 July 2014 Currency Movements – Jul ’24 My father in-law was asking me about harvest progress at the weekend and whether prices were as good as last...
