31 July 2013 Animal Health and Welfare 2011/12 Results from the 2011/12 survey on Animal Health and Welfare Practices on Farm have been published. The results show that...
31 July 2013 2012 Vegetable and Fruit Production Within the UK, fruit and vegetables covered 148,000 hectares in 2012. According to 'Basic UK Horticultural Statistics 2013' the total...
31 July 2013 SPS Issues Agent Project This probably sounds more glamorous than it really is. An 'agent' in RPA terms is simply someone who...
30 July 2013 Milk Markets Global Markets The benchmark Fonterra milk price index has started moving upwards again. After a series of price drops during...
30 July 2013 Lamb Market The lamb price has seen a sharp decline as a surge in throughput coincided with the hot weather. According to...
30 July 2013 Farm Saved Seed Rates The rates for Farm Saved Seed for the 2013/14 year have been set by the British Society of Plant Breeders...
30 July 2013 Rural Payments Wales (RPW) Online The Welsh Government has launched a new online system for farmers and agents to submit applications, track their progress and...
30 July 2013 July Arable Update – 3 Harvest Prospects The harvest has begun in southern and central parts of England. We are not yet going to be...
30 July 2013 Bovine TB in Wales The second year of the Welsh Government's badger vaccination project has started. The work, which is undertaken in three weekly...
26 July 2013 New Research Partnership Rothamstead Research and biotechnology firm Syngenta have joined forces on a multi-million pound partnership to develop a high yielding, environmentally...
26 July 2013 Scotland’s Weather Aid We reported in May about the opening of the £6m Weather Aid scheme in Scotland. It is reported that 958...
26 July 2013 New Dispute System for Scotland A new system has been developed by the Scottish Agriculutral Arbiters and Valuers Association (SAAVA) and the Tenant Farmers Forum...
23 July 2013 Crop Area Drops Not surprisingly, the area likely to be harvested this year shows a drop on previous seasons. The HGCA has just...
23 July 2013 Agri Tech Strategy launched The government has launched a new strategy to push the use of technology in agriculture and backed it up with...
23 July 2013 Welsh CAP Consultation The Welsh Government favours a cap on direct payments and will split the country into two or three regions under the...
22 July 2013 Ensus Sold The Ensus bioethanol plant on Teesside has been sold. A German company, CropEnergies AG, has purchased the facility from its...
18 July 2013 CAP Reform Analysis We have now produced an initial analysis of the CAP reform agreement. This provides much more detail on many of...
16 July 2013 Morrisons New Cheese Price Model Morrisons, in partnership with First Milk, is trialling a new system to determine the price it pays farmers for milk...
16 July 2013 SPS 2013 Online Applications The RPA has announced that 54% of this years SPS applications were submitted electronically. By the June 10th deadline over...
15 July 2013 Vivergo Officially Opens The Vivergo bio-ethanol plant on Humberside has been officially opened by Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business Innovation...
15 July 2013 Scottish Pollution Rules Farmers in Scotland have had to abide by a new set of environmental rules as from 1st July. Revision to the...
15 July 2013 Increase in Snow Payments DEFRA has announced that payments to English farmers whose sheep were killed by the heavy March snows will be increased. ...
15 July 2013 Biofuels U-turn The EU has been a strong supporter of biofuels over the past decade. However, there has been a change of direction more...
15 July 2013 Capping Confusion to Continue The issue of whether direct payments will face 'capping' under the reformed CAP remains unresolved, and may continue to be...
