30 June 2014 Cereals Event Some 24,950 people attended the Cereals Event in Cambridgeshire on the 11th and 12th June according to organisers Haymarket Events. ...
30 June 2014 More Greening Thoughts In our article of the 13th June ('Further Greening Points') we gave some thought to the detailed rules for Greening. It...
29 June 2014 The Future of Glastir The Welsh Government has announced its future plans for Glastir. The proposals outline the programmes available under the environmental scheme...
27 June 2014 N. Ireland CAP Plans Farmers in Northern Ireland will have seven years to adjust to a regional payment system, and there will only be...
27 June 2014 BPS Applications 2015 Now most of the CAP reform rules are known in England, attention is moving towards the mechanics of actually making...
27 June 2014 Dairy Roundup – Jun ’14 UK Milk Prices Arla has announced that the price paid to its members will fall by 1.23ppl as from 7th July. This...
26 June 2014 Neonicotinoid Derogation Requested DEFRA have received a derogation request from Syngenta to enable farmers to use neonicotinoid seed treatment on their oilseed rape this...
26 June 2014 Scottish Agricultural Holdings Review The Scottish Agricultural Holdings Legislation Review group has delivered its interim report. It really is a provisional document as it...
24 June 2014 Scottish Agricultural Statistics The Scottish Government has recently published the Economic Report on Scottish Agriculture 2014. The report, compiled by the Rural and...
24 June 2014 Beef Crisis Summit The NFU is calling for a beef crisis summit meeting. The Union has already held its own discussions with meat...
24 June 2014 Bovine TB Consulation DEFRA has launched a consultation proposing measures to further strengthen bovine TB controls. Views are being sought on; Removing the...
19 June 2014 Dairy Profitability Ahead of the Livestock Event on the 2nd and 3rd of July, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm model. This forecasts...
17 June 2014 Proposals to Cap Crop-Based Biofuels EU Energy Ministers have backed a proposal to limit the amount of crop-based biofuels, such as biodiesel from rapeseed, that...
13 June 2014 Further Greening Points Following DEFRA's announcement on the implementation of CAP reform (see June 10th article), more information has started to trickle-out in...
12 June 2014 Scotland CAP Implementation Plan Scotland's Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead has announced how the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be implemented from 2015. Central to...
10 June 2014 Cross-compliance Changes – Jun ’14 There will be some changes to the English cross-compliance rules when the new BPS starts in 2015. Among these will...
9 June 2014 Greening Guidance DEFRA has published a new Factsheet giving details of the Greening rules. However, this is not the long-awaited Ministerial announcement...
5 June 2014 Sole Occupancy Authorities The NFU is to lobby DEFRA to permit new Sole Occupancy Authorities (SOAs) to be set-up and is asking for...
5 June 2014 UK Organic Decline The decline in the area of organic land in the UK continued in 2013. According to the latest statistics from...
3 June 2014 Greening Factsheet We have updated our Greening Factsheet - this provides a summary of our current understanding. It is likely to be...
3 June 2014 Glastir Organic The Welsh Government has announced the proposed payment rates for organic producers under the new Glastir Organic Scheme. Unlike the...
30 May 2014 European Parliament Elections Following the UK voting on May 22nd results for the European Parliament were announced on the 25th. UKIP made the...
30 May 2014 MIlk Price Cuts Dairy Crest has announced that it will be cutting its milk price by 1.25ppl from the 1st July. This reduction...
29 May 2014 Haulage Costs 2014 The average cost of transporting grain is £8.43 per tonne according to the AHDB / HGCA's UK Grain Haulage Survey 2014. The...
