27 September 2013 More Price Increases Following last week’s announcements from Muller Wiseman and Sainsbury, five more processors have announced milk price rises: First Milk manufacturing...
26 September 2013 CAP Agreement Concluded The final elements of the CAP reform package have now been agreed. The headline point is that 'degressivity' will remain...
26 September 2013 Waste Exemption Renewals Farmers in England and Wales should have registered for agricultural waste exemptions by the 30th September. Under the Environmental Permitting...
26 September 2013 DEFRA CAP Consultation DEFRA is due to launch its consultation on the implementation of CAP reform in England in the second week of...
26 September 2013 Superlevy in Europe As previously reported (see /livestock/milk-production-and-butterfat/) the UK was under its national milk quota by a record amount in 2012/13 (-13.8%). The...
26 September 2013 Young Entrants Support Scheme The application window for the Young Entrants Support Scheme (YESS) in Wales will run from 30th September to 22nd November;...
23 September 2013 Early subsidy payments in Wales The Welsh Government has announced that the 2013 Single Payment will be brought forward for around 3,300 Welsh farmers. The move...
23 September 2013 EU Forestry Strategy The new EU Forestry Strategy, replacing the 1998 Strategy, was adopted by written procedure today (23 September). The Strategy states...
20 September 2013 Food Statistics Pocketbook 2013 The annual Food Statistics Pocketbook has been released by DEFRA. The publication provides a roundup of the social, environmental and...
20 September 2013 Beet Price Agreed After long negotiations the NFU and British Sugar have agreed a price for the 2014 sugar beet crop. Growers will...
19 September 2013 Milk Prices All the signals are now pointing towards the current strong milk prices remaining firm into the start of 2014. Both...
19 September 2013 AHDB/HGCA Cereal Quality Survey As expected the initial AHDB/HGCA Cereal Quality Survey shows much better results for both wheat and barley compared to the...
16 September 2013 Beet Talks Continue There has been no breakthough yet in the 2014 beet price talks between the NFU and British Sugar. An annoucement...
13 September 2013 SAWS Scrapped The Home Office has announced that the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) will be scrapped at the end of this...
13 September 2013 Sainsbury’s £1m R&D fund Supermarket giant, Sainsbury's, has pledged £1 million to its UK farmers and growers in the form of research and development...
12 September 2013 TB Figures Released Latest figures from DEFRA show that 17,367 cattle were slaughtered as TB reactors, inconclusive reactors or direct contacts between January...
12 September 2013 Scottish Farm Debt Figures released by the Scottish Government show a 3% rise in Scottish farm debt. The harsh winter and poor 2012...
12 September 2013 Asulam 2014 Dates The Chemicals Regulation Directorate has agreed a notice of authorisation for the 2014 asulam spraying seasons. The Braken Control Group...
12 September 2013 Arla Co-op Offer Over 1,600 British dairy farmers are being offered the chance to become full members, and thus owners, of Europe's largest dairy...
11 September 2013 Welsh CAP Update The deadline for responses to the Welsh Government's consultation on CAP reform implementation has been extended. The cut-off was originally...
6 September 2013 Biodiversity Offsetting Land managers may able to benefit from a new income source is coming years if government plans are achieved. Biodiversity...
5 September 2013 Telecoms News We do not advise on the telecoms market ourselves, but we have good links with many experts in the field...
29 August 2013 Fuel Prices Rise Fuel prices have seen some sharp rises in the last few days after the threat of western intervention in Syria...
29 August 2013 Beet Price Row Rumbles On There has been no breakthrough as yet in the discussions between British Sugar (BS) and the NFU on the beet...
