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The HGCA’s Earlybird crop area survey (undertaken by the Andersons Centre) has been published.  It shows a big recovery in...

The hybrid Bill to permit the construction of the High Speed 2 railway between London and Birmingham received its first...

A couple of administration reminders as we approach the end of the year.  The Soil Protection Review (SPR) needs reviewing...

After two years in the making, Morrisons has unveiled plans for its online grocery shopping service with aim of winning...

The livestock industry has avoided the need to upgrade older slurry stores, but in future there may be an 'MOT-style'...

Following a consultation this summer, DEFRA has announced that all lambs under 12 months will need to be electronically tagged...

Pig producers' costs of production in GB continue to be higher than most other major pork producing countries, according to...

The retailer Tesco has launched its Future Farmer Foundation to support the next generation of British farmers.  The Foundation is...

About 1,300 Arla Foods Milk Partnership (AFMP) farmers had signed up to become co-owners of the Arla Foods Amba by...

The Welsh Government has announced it will be consulting on its bovine TB compensation payments in the New Year.  The...

The RPA has revalued entitlements in England for the 2013 year.  The calculation of entitlement values is undertaken from scratch...

The latest production figures from the RPA show UK milk deliveries continue to outpace year-earlier levels.  Production for October was...

Whilst there has once again been a number of price increases notified (see below), Dairy Crest has announced its formula...

British Sugar is currently repaying growers for levies which have been incorrectly charged to them.  This stems from a European...

Stilton cheese production which has EU Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status will not be allowed to be produced in...

A plant, claimed to be the first of its kind in Europe, is producing phosphate fertiliser from sewage.  The 'nutrient-recovery...

The revised Financial Discipline rate of 2.45% (see article last month) has finally been approved.  This will apply to amounts...

Eblex has released its latest benchmarking figures for English beef and sheep enterprises.  These relate to the year ending 31st March...

Risk-based Trading A new risk-based trading initiative has been launched to help farmers protect their herd from bovine TB.  Auction...

Latest financial results from the supermarket Sainsbury reveals it is currently the best performing major supermarket.  According to the market research...

The Welsh government has opened a consultation looking at the future of organic farming support under the next Rural Development...

The greeing requirements under the new Basic Payment Scheme are starting to become clearer.  Therefore we have produced a Factsheet...

Most sectors of agriculture saw a fall in profits in 2012/13 compared to the previous year.  This is according to...

A group of six experts have been appointed to advise the Scottish Government's Review of Agricultural Holdings Legislation.  The review aims...