10 July 2013 EU / US Trade Talks Begin Talks to create the largest free-trade area in the world began on the 8th July. Negotiators from the EU and...
9 July 2013 Future of Farming Review The whole farming industry needs to work harder to attract new talent into the sector. This is the conclusion of...
9 July 2013 English Woodland Grant Scheme Deadlines As the current Rural Development round of funding ends on 31st December 2013, approval for all woodland grants (apart from...
9 July 2013 Upturn in Beef and Sheep Returns The past year has been extremely challenging for mixed beef and sheep businesses, but the outlook for 2013/14 looks much...
8 July 2013 Renewable Heat Incentive The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) was introduced in November 2011. As we wrote in our April Bulletin, the domestic element...
8 July 2013 Farm Death Toll Down Annual Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures show that the number of fatal injuries to agricultural workers and farmers has...
5 July 2013 Livestock Event 2013 Livestock 2013 attracted 9,130 visitors to the NEC on Wednesday 3rd July. After criticism of the change from its previous...
5 July 2013 Sainsbury’s 100% British Pork Major retailer, Sainsbury's, has announced a move to 100% British for its fresh pork. It aims for all stores to...
4 July 2013 Potato Plantings 2013 Almost invariably, potato plantings rise in the season following one with high prices. But this has not been the case...
4 July 2013 Croatia Joins the EU Croatia became the 28th member of the EU on the 1st July. The Balkans state has been in negotiations...
2 July 2013 Campaign for the Farmed Environment The Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) launched a new booklet at this years Cereals Event. The booklet contained advice...
27 June 2013 LEAF gains ISEAL Assoicate Membership LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) has been accepted as an associate member of the ISEAL Alliance, the global membership association...
27 June 2013 Changes toGrandfather Rights The current exemption under 'Grandfather Rights' for spray operators will end on 26th November 2015. Currently those born before 31st...
27 June 2013 SPS Agent Project Rolled Out The pilot scheme to assist those who submit multiple SPS claims on behalf of clients is to be extended to...
27 June 2013 Muller Wiseman New Contract We wrote on 3rd June about about a new milk contract being offered by Muller Wisman. The group has now...
27 June 2013 June Arable Update Old Crop The end of June marks the end of the recorded grain marketing campaign. There is some old crop...
27 June 2013 Cereals 2013 The numbers of people attending Cereals this year was reportedly up by a mere 50 compared with last year to...
27 June 2013 Milk Prices Rather surprisingly the UK average farmgate milk price for May fell (by 0.27ppl) for the first time since the start...
27 June 2013 Market Management Mechanisms Ditched A new supply management tool backed by the European Parliament has been rejected in the CAP reform negotiations (see Newsflash...
26 June 2013 CAP Deal on Track A deal on CAP reform looks highly likely to be concluded in the next few hours. After an intensive series...
25 June 2013 Spending Review and DEFRA DEFRA will see its departmental budget cut by 10% for the 2015-16 year compared to the amount allocated for 2014-15. The announcement...
25 June 2013 CAP Reform Agreed (Mostly) The shape of Europe's farm policy for the years to 2020 has been agreed. After a marathon negotiatingsession the Irish...
21 June 2013 Co-op farming groups The Co-op supermarket has announced further moves to get closer to its farmer suppliers. Five farmer groups have been formally...
