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Wales will have three regions under the new Basic Payments Scheme (BPS).  This is one of the major decisions announced...

The latest DEFRA publication shows the average farm gate milk price for November was 34.5ppl, an increase of 15% on...

The CAP Pillar Transfer (modulation) rate in Northwern Ireland will be set at 0% after the planned 7% was successfully...

The livestock movement rules in England are to change, following an announcement from DEFRA Secretary Owen Paterson at the Oxford Farming Conference. ...

More details are starting to emerge on how farmers might satisfy the new Ecological Focus Area (EFA) requirement under greening. ...

The English, Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish Governments have all announced their 'inter-pillar' transfer rates for 2014 to 2019: England...

DEFRA has published a summary of the responses and its response to the consultation on the implementation of the CAP...

A lack of farmer selling is currently characterising the marketplace. This is clearly bullish for local market prices, but, by...

There will be limited grant availability for English woodlands during 2014 as a result of the transition to the new...

The Scottish Government has published its consultation on the CAP Reform deal; it is the last of the 4 UK...

The NFU, Dairy UK and AHDB DairyCo have presented a draft dairy industry strategy to the Government. "Leading The Way"...

The entire CAP Reform package was finally rubber stamped in December by the EU Agricultural and Fisheries Council of Ministers...

The final results from the 2013 June Survey have been released. The provisonal results for the 2013 UK Harvest and...

Professor Chris Elliott has released his interim review in to the 'Integrity and Assurance of Supply Networks'.  The report was...

Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead confirmed this month (18th December) that the transfer of funds from direct payments to...

Final estimates from the 2013 Scottish harvest have been released. Compared with the 2012 harvest: Spring barley production increased by...

Alun Davies, Minister for Natural Resources and Food, has announced that an electronic reporting system for sheep will be introduced...

DEFRA has announced from 1st January 2014 any farm which has an overdue cattle TB test will receive a penalty...

The House of Commons Transport Committee has reported that HS2 should go ahead.  In the mean time the Secretary of...

The latest provisional figures for November show UK milk production is once again nearly 10% more than year earlier levels. ...

Reports suggest that as many as  2 million cows have been lost from the Chinese dairy herd causing Chinese milk...

Over the next 3 years grassland and arable farmers will have to adhere to new pesticide rules under the EU's...

Thomas Binns has become the latest person to join the NFU election race. The former NFU livestock Chairman is standing...

Government policy outlined in the forthcoming Water Bill would allow farmers and landowners who own storage to sell their surplus...