20 June 2013 Growers Unite to Reject Sugar Deal The NFU is to carry on negotiating for a better sugar beet price. That was the result of the meeting...
20 June 2013 RTI Relaxation Extended Businesses with less than 50 employees will be able to continue to report PAYE informationonce a month until April 2014. ...
19 June 2013 Greening and Agri-environment Greening Shift DEFRA appear to be executing a subtle change of approach when it comes to 'greening'. This has seen...
18 June 2013 Dual Use As the 2012 Dual Use gathering exercise draws to a close the RPA has announced a further one in 2013. ...
14 June 2013 NVZ Guidance We wrote towards the end of last month on the changes to the NVZ Regulations in England. DEFRA has now...
14 June 2013 Scottish Rent and Economics Statistics The Scottish Government has published new data on the rental market in Scotland. 'Tenanted Agricultural Land in Scotland, 2012' can...
14 June 2013 Organic Production Falls Latest statistics show that organic farming in the UK continues to contract. We wrote in the March Bulletin about the...
14 June 2013 English Regional Statistics We wrote at the end of May about the publication of 'Agriculture in the UK, 2012' - the compendium of...
14 June 2013 GM Wheat Trial Extended Rothamsted Research has been granted approval to test autumn-sown genetically-modified wheat. The variety of Cadenza has been designed to repel...
14 June 2013 CAP Reform – The Final Countdown? There is a lot of discussion over whether there will be an agreement on CAP by the scheduled end of...
14 June 2013 Woodland Statistics Released The latest National statistics on woodland areas, planting and restocking have been released by the Forestry Commission. The report shows...
13 June 2013 NFU Rejects Sugar Beet Price The 2014 sugar beet price offered by British Sugar has been rejected by the NFU. The processor offered to pay...
6 June 2013 EU Green House Gas Emissions Latest figures from the European Environment Agency reveal the UK topped the charts for the largest reduction in green house...
6 June 2013 SPS Deadline Extended The RPA has announced that the deadline for 'late' SPS applications has been extended by one day this year. Applications...
6 June 2013 MPs Debate Badger Cull Debates in the House of Commons over the badger cull and government bTB controls have resulted in support for both. ...
6 June 2013 Neonicotinoid Study A study carried out in the UK on the effects neonicotinoids have on bumble bees is claimed to have major...
4 June 2013 UK Rural Development Funds Cut There looks set to be less money available for UK Rural Development programmes over the next seven years. This could impact...
4 June 2013 Dairy Farm Profitability The figures for Andersons' Friesian Farm model dairy business have been updated ahead of the Livestock Show. These indicate that...
4 June 2013 Pig Producers Break Even Latest figures from AHDB/BPEX show pig producers are (at long last) just about breaking even; but it has taken record...
4 June 2013 Further Insecticide Ban? The EU is looking to extend its pesticides ban. Following the decision of EU's Executive on 24th May to restrict the use of three...
3 June 2013 New Muller Wiseman Contract A new milk contract has been offered to the 381 Muller Wiseman milk group members currently on the standard price...
31 May 2013 Scottish Tenancy Review There is to be a review of the farm tenancy legislation in Scotland. Speaking at a conference on Land Tenure...
31 May 2013 Agriculture in the UK: 2012 DEFRA has published the latest edition of 'Agriculture in the UK'. This booklet contains an extensive range of data on...
28 May 2013 Agricultural Wages In the last Bulletin we stated that the Regulatory Reform Act will abolish the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) in England and Wales from...
