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 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...
29 August 2013 August Arable Update Over the last 2 months we have suggested the new crop grain was worth selling. The feed wheat market has...
29 August 2013 New Environmental Scheme Details The design of the new scheme to replace Environmental Stewardship from 2015 is becoming clearer. We wrote about 'NELMS' (New...
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...
28 August 2013 Syngenta Challenges EU Agro-chemical company, Syngenta, have filed a legal case against the EU Commission at the EU General Court in Luxembourg. The...
28 August 2013 Tractor Sales Down Tractor registrations of machines greater than 50hp have fallen by 19.7% in the first 6 months of 2013 compared to...
27 August 2013 Pig Market As spot feed prices ease, pig production costs have fallen again for August. Latest figures from the AHDB/BPEX show provisional...
27 August 2013 Scottish Weather Aid Payments We wrote about the Scottish Weather Fund in May. This provided £6m of aid to producers affected by the severe...
27 August 2013 Land Prices Keep Rising Demand for commercial farmland is expected to remain strong with prices continuing to rise over the coming 12 months. That...
27 August 2013 Badger Cull Commences; New rules for Edge Areas The hugely controversial cull of badgers to combat the spread of bovine TB has started today (27th August). Co-ordinated by...
