11 April 2014 Partnership Launched To Increase Wheat Yields A new international partnership aims to increase wheat yield by 50% by 2034 in response to the growing demand for...
11 April 2014 Best Milk Production since 2004/05 UK milk production stood at 13.67 billion litres for the year ending March 2014, this is highest since the 2004/05...
11 April 2014 Solar PV Strategy The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published the first UK Solar PV Strategy. In June 2013 the...
9 April 2014 Fertiliser Practice Survey The British Survey of Fertiliser Practice, which surveys around 1,500 farms, has been published. Weather had a major impact on...
4 April 2014 EFA Delegated Act Revised Protein crops may be more valuable in terms of greening after a change of position by the European Commission. The EC has...
4 April 2014 Kendall becomes President of the World The former NFU President, Peter Kendall, has been appointed President of the Rome-based World Farmers Organisation. The Organistation aims to...
4 April 2014 Scottish Farm Incomes Fall. The Scottish Government has released figures on average profits by business type (Farm Business Income) for the 2012 crop year...
4 April 2014 Agri-Tech Catalyst Projects Funded DEFRA has announced funding for 11 projects as part of the Agri-Tech Catalyst, designed to support research institutes, businesses and...
4 April 2014 TB Strategy Unveiled DEFRA have unveiled their strategy for achieving TB free status in the UK. A total of 32,620 cattle were slaughtered...
3 April 2014 No Additional Coupling for Scotland Scotland has been denied their request to use some of the rest of the UK 's coupled allowance. In a...
27 March 2014 Financial Discipline for 2014 Single Payments for 2014 may fall by more than previously forecast. Proposals from the EU Commission suggest that 'Financial Discipline'...
27 March 2014 Dairy Update – Mar ’14 Milk Price Wars The big news in the dairy sector this month has been the outbreak of a new supermarket...
27 March 2014 March Arable Update – Mar ’14 The markets are now mostly focussed on new crop grain, with only a small proportion of the old crop remaining. ...
26 March 2014 UK Winter Planting Results The area planted to winter cereals and oilseeds in the UK has increased by 13.5% compared to the 2013 harvest...
26 March 2014 Opportunities in LEADER The farming industry has not generally engaged with the LEADER programme up until now. However, it may be a more...
24 March 2014 Organic Market Update There has been a 2.8% increase on organic food sales in 2013. This is according to the annual Organic Market...
24 March 2014 CAP Reform Delay? Although only a very slight possibility, there is a chance that implementation of CAP reform could be delayed. Following the publication...
24 March 2014 CAP Reform – What We Don’t Know "There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say,...
24 March 2014 Rent Levels The latest DEFRA statistics on farm rents in England reveal the average rental value under Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancies...
24 March 2014 Welsh Farm Incomes The Welsh Government has released figures on aggregate farm incomes (Total Income From Farming) and average profits by business type (Farm...
21 March 2014 Change to permitted development rights Under new rules farmers will find it easier to secure permission to convert buildings for residential use. From 6th April...
21 March 2014 UK Livestock Populations The results from the December Survey of Agriculture for the UK and each of the devolved regions have now been...
21 March 2014 Budget 2014 The Chancellor, George Osborne delivered his fifth Budget on 19th March. This pre-election Budget claimed to be one for the...
13 March 2014 More CAP Details Emerge Another piece of the CAP reform jigsaw has slotted into place with the publication of detailed rules at the European...
