28 July 2014 July Arable Update – 2 The harvest has begun in many parts of England. Fine weather with several weeks of sunshine preceding harvest have accelerated...
23 July 2014 Beet Price Drop for 2015 Sugar beet growers face a substantial drop in price for the next growing season. Negotiations between the NFU and British Sugar...
23 July 2014 Cominable Crop Area Rises Not surprisingly, the area of cereals and oilseeds grown in Great Britain for the 2014 harvest is up considerably on the...
21 July 2014 ‘Buy British’ Food Plan The Government has produced a new set of procurement rules designed to boost the proportion of food bought from domestic...
17 July 2014 Welsh BPS Guidance The Welsh Government has published a guidance booklet on how the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will operate in Wales. It...
17 July 2014 FFIS Grants Awarded DEFRA has announced that £19m will be distributed under the third round of the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS). ...
17 July 2014 Scottish Agricultural Wages The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has proposed that the minimum rate for agricultural workers in Scotland increase by 2.1%. This...
17 July 2014 Wales to get Wages Board The Welsh farming industry looks set to retain an Agricultural Wages Board following a ruling by the Supreme Court. The...
15 July 2014 Liz Truss New DEFRA Secretary Liz Truss, the MP for South West Norfolk, has replaced Owen Paterson as Secretary of State at DEFRA. The change...
8 July 2014 Welsh Farm Minister Sacked The Minister responsible for agriculture in the Welsh Government, Alun Davies, has been sacked after requesting Civil Servants to private...
8 July 2014 Financial Discipline in 2014 The EU Commission has proposed that a Financial Discipline rateof 1.3% should apply to 2014 Single Payments. Financial Discipline (FD) reduces...
8 July 2014 Potato Plantings 2014 Potato plantings in Great Britain fell by 2.1% between 2013 and 2014, according to provisional Potato Council figures. The area...
7 July 2014 Farm Saved Seed The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has published its royalty rates for farm-saved seed applicable for autumn 2014 and...
4 July 2014 Syngenta Withdraws Neonicotinoid Request Syngenta has withdrawn its derogation request for the use of the neonicotinoid seed treatment, Cruiser, on oilseed rape after failing...
4 July 2014 New Pig Pricing System Launched The British Pig Executive (BPEX) has launched their replacement pig pricing system. The GB Standard Pig Price (SPP) uses the...
4 July 2014 Food Labelling Hampers TTIP Talks Discussions over food labelling are holding up talks in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership which aims to develop a...
4 July 2014 EU Russia Dispute Over Pork Ban The EU has taken Russia to the dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organisation (WTO); for the 5th time in...
3 July 2014 Beef Summit The beef industry may get a voluntary Code of Practice like that already existing for he dairy sector. This was one...
3 July 2014 Dairy News Milk Price Cuts Two of the main players in the British milk market have announced further price cuts. Following Arla's...
3 July 2014 Welsh CAP Reform Implementation The Welsh Government has announced further details on how the Basic Payment Scheme will operate from 2015 onwards. This has...
30 June 2014 SPS Online The final figures for the 2014 SPS shows a 27% increase in online applications compared to the 2013 SPS. In...
30 June 2014 New IBERS Director Professor Mike Goodling will be the new Director at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) at Aberystwyth University....
30 June 2014 New Commission President It seems highly likely that Jean-Claude Junker will be appointed the next President of the EU Commission, replacing Jose Barroso...
30 June 2014 June Grains Update Old Crop The end of June marks the end of the nationally recorded grain marketing campaign. There is some old...
