28 May 2013 Scottish Weather Fund Opens Farmers in Scotland will soon be able to apply for the £6m of emergency aid made available by the Scottish Government. ...
28 May 2013 Farming Connect Extended The Farming Connect scheme will continue at least until 2015. The Welsh Government has announced a further £4.5m of funding...
28 May 2013 Milk Commodity Prices Commodity milk prices remain at high levels, although the upwards trend of the last few months has taken a 'pause'...
28 May 2013 Arable Crop Outlook Toward the end of Old Crop. We know that as one season ends and another starts, the prices (old crop...
28 May 2013 Fertiliser Prices The cost of nitrogen fertiliser is starting the 2013/14 season around 10% lower than a year ago. GrowHow is offering...
28 May 2013 Planning Rules Relaxed The planning rules in England will be relaxed as from the 30th May to allow easier re-use of farm buildings. ...
28 May 2013 DairyCo Milk Buyer Analysis DairyCo has published it's 'Guide to Milk Buyers 2013'. This study looks at how the major UK dairy companies do...
24 May 2013 HS2: More Details Published More details of the high speed rail link between London, the Midlands and the North (High-Speed 2) have been published. The...
24 May 2013 State of Nature Report Much media attention has been created this month by the publication of the 'State of Nature' report. This is a...
24 May 2013 SPS Online The RPAhas announced that more Single Payment application forms in England were submitted electronically than by paper for 2013. The...
24 May 2013 HGCA Haulage Survey The latest HGCA survey of grain haulage costs shows that rates have increased 8% on average since March 2012. The...
24 May 2013 Milk Prices Continue to Rise Farmgate milk prices continue to move in an upwards direction. After last month's announcements from Wiseman Muller and Dairy Crest...
24 May 2013 CAP Reform Timetable There is nothing very substantive to report on CAP reform as yet. The 'trialogue' meetings (see March Bulletin) between the...
24 May 2013 Sugar beet British Sugar and the NFU announced in March that a 'completion bonus' would be payable on thier 2013/14 (2013 crop)...
23 May 2013 Loam Farm Model Cereals profitability will be reduced on many farms for harvest 2012 due to the past year's weather. But the financial...
23 May 2013 Cranswick Moves Back into Pig Production Food processor Cranswick is moving back into pig production after purchasing East Anglian Pigs from the Bowes family. The processor...
21 May 2013 Schmallenberg Vaccine The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has announced that a vaccine against the Schmallenberg Virus (SBV) will be available to farmers...
21 May 2013 Cross Compliance and NVZs Cross-Compliance Changes The RPA has announced a number of changes to the cross compliance rules as a result of updates to...
21 May 2013 Farm Management DEFRA has published a number of statistical releases in May, including ones looking at farm management practices and farmer intentions. Farmer...
21 May 2013 Arla to Supply Starbucks All milk used in the UK Starbucks coffee shops will now be Cravendale milk from Arla's Hatfield and Stourton plants. Previously...
21 May 2013 Stilton PDO Challenge A cheesemaker, based in the village of Stilton, wants to be able to label its product 'stilton cheese'. The Stilton...
16 May 2013 Beef Market Beef prices continue to set new record levels. The prime cattle deadweight price is in the region of 50p per...
16 May 2013 Fallen Sheep Fund Last month we wrote about the financial assistance for farmers to reimburse them for removing fallen sheep due to the...
16 May 2013 Solar Feed-in-Tariffs Solar Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs) for small-scale installations are to be cut from 1st July. Although the number of installations is (once...
