17 July 2014Wales to get Wages Board The Welsh farming industry looks set to retain an Agricultural Wages Board following a ruling by the Supreme Court. The...
17 July 2014Welsh BPS Guidance The Welsh Government has published a guidance booklet on how the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will operate in Wales. It...
17 July 2014FFIS Grants Awarded DEFRA has announced that £19m will be distributed under the third round of the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS). ...
15 July 2014Liz 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 2014Financial 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 2014Potato Plantings 2014 Potato plantings in Great Britain fell by 2.1% between 2013 and 2014, according to provisional Potato Council figures. The area...
8 July 2014Welsh Farm Minister Sacked The Minister responsible for agriculture in the Welsh Government, Alun Davies, has been sacked after requesting Civil Servants to private...
7 July 2014Farm 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4 July 2014Syngenta Withdraws Neonicotinoid Request Syngenta has withdrawn its derogation request for the use of the neonicotinoid seed treatment, Cruiser, on oilseed rape after failing...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 2014New 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 2014Food 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 2014EU 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 2014Dairy News Milk Price Cuts Two of the main players in the British milk market have announced further price cuts. Following Arla's...
3 July 2014Welsh CAP Reform Implementation The Welsh Government has announced further details on how the Basic Payment Scheme will operate from 2015 onwards. This has...
3 July 2014Beef Summit The beef industry may get a voluntary Code of Practice like that already existing for he dairy sector. This was one...
30 June 2014SPS Online The final figures for the 2014 SPS shows a 27% increase in online applications compared to the 2013 SPS. In...
30 June 2014New 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 2014New 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 2014June Grains Update Old Crop The end of June marks the end of the nationally recorded grain marketing campaign. There is some old...
30 June 2014Cereals Event Some 24,950 people attended the Cereals Event in Cambridgeshire on the 11th and 12th June according to organisers Haymarket Events. ...
30 June 2014More 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 2014The 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 2014N. 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 2014BPS Applications 2015 Now most of the CAP reform rules are known in England, attention is moving towards the mechanics of actually making...
