5 March 2014 Scotland Food and Drink Export Plan The Scottish Government Food and Drink Export Plan has identified seven key markets to further drive sales. North America, France,...
4 March 2014 Badger Culls Questioned A leaked report seen by the BBC is said to question the humaneness and efficacy of the pilot badger culls...
27 February 2014 Budget 2014 The Chancellor, George Osborne, will present his 2014 Budget on the 19th March.
27 February 2014 NELMS abandons landscape-scale Landscape-scale agri-environmental agreements do not look like forming a major part of NELMS after all. Readers may recall that this...
27 February 2014 NFU Elections Meurig Raymond will succeed Peter Kendall as President of the NFU. Mr Raymond, who operates a 3,400 acre mixed farm...
27 February 2014 CAP Timeline DEFRA has produced a 'timeline' showing how it plans to progress CAP reform in England. The document can be found...
27 February 2014 Young Farmers Scheme Young farmers will not be required to meet additional eligibility criteria for the Young Farmers Scheme (YFS) in England. Also, the...
26 February 2014 Co-op Farms to be Sold The Co-operative Group has announced plans to sell its portfolio of farms. The decision to sell the 15 farms, covering 50,000...
26 February 2014 Milk Prices Arla is currently setting the pace in the British milk market. The co-op has announced that its members' price will...
26 February 2014 Farming Recovery Funds Opens The Farming Recovery Fund (FRF) opens for applications on Friday 28th February. This provides funds of £10m to farms in...
26 February 2014 Beet Harvest Increases British Sugar has increased their estimate for harvest 2013 to 1.3 million tonnes of sugar, up from the 1.28 million...
26 February 2014 Scottish Agri-Renewables Strategy The Scottish Goverment has published an Agri-Renewables Strategy for Scotland (see - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2014/02/7600). This sets out six key areas the...
26 February 2014 February Arable Review The global cereals market is still lacklustre despite grain prices moving up a little this month. Prices remain within the...
25 February 2014 New Director at Rothamstead Rothamstead Research has announced that Professor Achim Dobermann has been appointed Director. He will take up his post on 1st...
25 February 2014 Scottish Tenancy Review The Scottish Agricultural Holdings Legislation Review Group has issued a 'call for evidence'. It is asking the wider industry to...
20 February 2014 Confidence in the Dairy Industry The 2014 Dairy Farmer Intentions Survey has shown more confidence in the industry than for a number of years. The DairyCo...
20 February 2014 2014 Milkbench+ Report The annual Milkbench Evidence report has been published. The report surveyed 322 farms across Great Britain with financial year ends...
20 February 2014 More Coupling in Scotland The Scottish Government has seemingly received a boost in its plans for implementing CAP reform. If confirmed, this would allow...
20 February 2014 SPS Claims 2014 The online applications system for 2014 Single Payments was opened on the 20th February. A 2014 supplement to the 2013 SPS Guidance...
20 February 2014 Entitlement Trading in 2014 It will be possible to transfer SPS entitlements after the 2014 claim and before they are rolled into the BPS...
18 February 2014 Welsh Rural Development The Welsh Government is asking for views on how almost £1bn of Rural Development funding should be spent over the...
18 February 2014 Tesco Lamb Contract Tesco has offered more than 200 British farmers a two year direct contract to help supply the retailer's Finest range...
17 February 2014 Biotech Crop Area Increases Last year marked the 18th consecutive year of growth in biotech (Genetically Modified) crops. In 2013, 175.2 million hectares of...
14 February 2014 Exchange Rates The Pound has strengthened against the Euro in recent weeks - it has moved below the €1 = 82p mark...
