17 January 2014 CSF Grants Available Natural England has opened applications for the Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) capital grants scheme for 2014/15. A budget of £7.5m is available...
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...
16 January 2014 Reduction in 2014 Welsh Payments Farmers in Wales will be notified of their 2014 entitlement values in February. As a result of the reduction in...
16 January 2014 Greece Takes Over EU Presidency Greece took over the Presidency of the European Council from Lithuania on 1st January, meaning it will be in charge...
16 January 2014 Medium Term Agricultural Prospects The EU Commission has released its latest report on the medium-term outlook for the major EU agricultural commodity markets and...
15 January 2014 Welsh CAP Decisions Wales will have three regions under the new Basic Payments Scheme (BPS). This is one of the major decisions announced...
13 January 2014 Milk Production and Prices The latest DEFRA publication shows the average farm gate milk price for November was 34.5ppl, an increase of 15% on...
13 January 2014 Northern Ireland Modulation Rate Overturned The CAP Pillar Transfer (modulation) rate in Northwern Ireland will be set at 0% after the planned 7% was successfully...
10 January 2014 Livestock Movement Rules to Change The livestock movement rules in England are to change, following an announcement from DEFRA Secretary Owen Paterson at the Oxford Farming Conference. ...
6 January 2014 More EFA Details Emerge More details are starting to emerge on how farmers might satisfy the new Ecological Focus Area (EFA) requirement under greening. ...
20 December 2013 Modulation Rates Announced The English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish Governments have all announced their 'inter-pillar' transfer rates for 2014 to 2019: England...
20 December 2013 Consultation response on Implementation of CAP in England Announced DEFRA has published a summary of the responses and its response to the consultation on the implementation of the CAP...
20 December 2013 December Arable Update A lack of farmer selling is currently characterising the marketplace. This is clearly bullish for local market prices, but, by...
20 December 2013 English Woodland Funding There will be limited grant availability for English woodlands during 2014 as a result of the transition to the new...
19 December 2013 CAP Reform Officially Adopted The entire CAP Reform package was finally rubber stamped in December by the EU Agricultural and Fisheries Council of Ministers...
19 December 2013 Final Farming Statistics for 2013 The final results from the 2013 June Survey have been released. The provisonal results for the 2013 UK Harvest and...
19 December 2013 Elliott Review – Integrity of Food Network Professor Chris Elliott has released his interim review in to the 'Integrity and Assurance of Supply Networks'. The report was...
19 December 2013 Scottish Consultation on Direct Payments Published The Scottish Government has published its consultation on the CAP Reform deal; it is the last of the 4 UK...
19 December 2013 Dairy Industry Strategy The NFU, Dairy UK and AHDB DairyCo have presented a draft dairy industry strategy to the Government. "Leading The Way"...
18 December 2013 Scottish Cereal Harvest 2013 Final estimates from the 2013 Scottish harvest have been released. Compared with the 2012 harvest: Spring barley production increased by...
18 December 2013 Wales Sheep EID System Alun Davies, Minister for Natural Resources and Food, has announced that an electronic reporting system for sheep will be introduced...
18 December 2013 9.5% Modulation for Scotland Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead confirmed this month (18th December) that the transfer of funds from direct payments to...
17 December 2013 New TB Control Measures DEFRA has announced from 1st January 2014 any farm which has an overdue cattle TB test will receive a penalty...
17 December 2013 HS2 Consultation Launched The House of Commons Transport Committee has reported that HS2 should go ahead. In the mean time the Secretary of...
