6 February 2014 Pig Price Reporting In a blow to the industry, Cranswick has exited the Deadweight Average Pig Price (DAPP) reporting, removing up to30% of...
4 February 2014 Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme £10 million has been made available under the new round of the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS). Grants of between...
4 February 2014 Welsh Resilience Report A review, conducted by Kevin Roberts, into the resilience of Welsh farming has been published. Mr Roberts is the former director...
31 January 2014 Scottish Farm Profitability Total Income from Farming (farm profitability) in Scotland improved by 16% in 2013 compared to the year before. The first...
31 January 2014 January Arable Update The grain market is in a lull, weighted down by a lack of supply and demand fundamentals and a series...
31 January 2014 Break Crop Relationships It is worth looking at the relative profitability of break crops because they are changing out of their ‘normal’ positions...
30 January 2014 UK Quota Will Not be Met Earlier in the month we reported on the UK milk production figures for December. At over 10% more than year...
30 January 2014 Sow Stall Ban Twelve months after the rules came into force and twelve years since the agreement was first made, France, Cyprus, Greece...
30 January 2014 Loam Farm Update Cereals profitability looks set to be static at best for harvest 2014, and could well be down slightly on returns...
30 January 2014 Arla Buys Westbury Site Arla Foods UK has announced it has purchased the freehold of the Westbury site. Receivers, Lloyds/HBOS have owned the site...
30 January 2014 Tractor Sales The latest report from the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) reveals 2013 UK tractor registrations (over 50hp) were down by 10.4%...
30 January 2014 DEFRA Budget Cuts In its annual report on the performance of DEFRA, Parliament's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) has said the...
29 January 2014 Welsh TB Compensation Plans The Welsh government has launched a consultation on the introduction of a table valuation system for TB compensation. A similar system...
28 January 2014 Poultry Production DEFRA figures up to the end of 2013 show that UK broiler slaughterings were 2.8% higher in December 2013 than...
24 January 2014 Name NELMS DEFRA and Natural England are looking for industry help in coming up with a good name for England's new agri-environment scheme. ...
24 January 2014 Glastir Proposals 2014-2020 Proposals for Rural Development and Glastir during the next funding period (2014-2020) have been published. The Welsh Government proposes to:...
24 January 2014 Scottish Tenant Farmers Survey Survey forms are being sent out to all Scottish tenant farmers; responses will help to inform Ministers on the Agricultural Holdings...
23 January 2014 Pillar Transfers Seven countries out of the total EU membership of 28 will use the Pillar Transfer mechanism under the reformed CAP. ...
23 January 2014 EU Renewables Targets Weakened The EU Commission has set out new plans to cut Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. However, previous binding national targets will...
23 January 2014 Record Milk Auction Price The Fonterra milk products auction has reached its highest-ever level during its lastest round. The sale on the 21st January saw the...
23 January 2014 Regional Farm Statistics DEFRA has just published statistics showing data for the agricultural sector in each of the English regions. These are available at...
23 January 2014 EU Bans Slug Pellets Methiocarb slug pellets will be phased out following the withdrawl of approval from the EU. The active ingredient is found in...
21 January 2014 Welsh Farm Incomes Farm profitability in Wales fell 32% in 2012-13. The latest Farm Business Income figures released by the Welsh Governemnt show that the...
17 January 2014 Stewardship – Transfers and Amendments Environmental Stewardship (ES) is now all but closed to new entrants. However, ELS and HLS agreements still have a number...
