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The European Commission has suspended its €125m emergency aid fund, which was set up to help perishable fruit and vegetable...

A bumper European oilseed rape crop is expected to see a 5-year low in imports.  The EU is expected to...

The RSPCA's Freedom Foods will be re-branded to 'RSPCA Assured' after concerns that consumers do not recognise or know what...

The application window for the NVZ grassland derogation is now open for the 2015 year.  The usual 'manure loading limit'...

Dacian Ciolos has been replaced as EU Farm Commissioner by the Irishman, Phil Hogan.  The full 28-person line-up was announced by the...

One of the major remaining unknowns in the English Greening rules is the treatment of hedges under the Ecological Focus...

With UK milk prices falling rapidly, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm Model to illustrate the effect on dairy farm profitability. ...

Milk processor, Arla have announced a €38m whey processing facility will be built next to its existing plant in Videbæk,...

The 2014 sugar beet harvest is getting underway shortly, with a record crop predicted.  The Wissington and Newark factories open...

The Welsh Government has published further information on how the Greening measures will work in Wales.  The latest booklet - 'Your...

First Milk has announced a huge 3ppl price cut as from 1st October for all of its suppliers.  The cut...

UK farmgate milk prices continue their descent.  Muller Wiseman is the latest processor to announce a substantial cut.  The non-aligned...

At the same time as the August CAP update was published a list of the new cross-compliance rules under the...

Good harvest progress was made during the first half of August, but this then slowed as some areas were affected by showers. ...

Within the UK, vegetable area rose 2% to 131,000 hectares in 2013 and fruit area remained unchanged at 29,000 hectares...

The definition of Moorland under the Welsh Basic Payment Scheme is to be altered.  The Deputy Minister for Agriculture Rebecca...

Russian Ban The UK exports relatively few milk products directly to Russia.  By far the most important category is cheese,...

Figures published for the first half of 2014 show an increase in exports of beef and lamb.  In June alone,...

Wheat farmers in the US are facing large grain cleaning bills with some soft red wheat crops having been hit...

The Young Entrants Support Scheme (YESS) in Wales will open for applications on the 1st September 2014.  The deadline for...

Natural England (NE) has confirmed that all the 'criteria' have been met to allow a second year of badger culling...

When the Scottish Government announced its CAP implementation plans back in June, it proposed a 'cap' on BPS payments.  This...

DEFRA has released its crop area figures for the 2014 harvest.  These are based on the June Survey, and at...