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...
16 May 2013 2013 Lamb Crop Forecast EBLEX, the levy body for English beef and lamb, has revised down its UK lamb forecast for 2013. Earlier estimates...
16 May 2013 Beef Market – May ’13 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...
9 May 2013 FAO 2013 Harvest Forecast The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is forecasting a record coarse grains harvest in 2013. The organisation...
3 May 2013 Scottish Aid Package The Scottish Goverment has announced that it will provide an aid package worth £6m to help thefarming industry recover from...
3 May 2013 Good Practice Guide for Rent Reviews The Tenant Farming Forum (TFF) has published a brief 'best practice' guide for the conduct of rent reviews in Scotland. This...
3 May 2013 Scottish Rural Development Consultation The Scottish Government is asking the industry to comment on what the Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) for 2014-2020 should...
1 May 2013 Plans for Farm Advice A review of DEFRA-sponsored advice, incentives and partnership approaches has been carried out with the aim of improving farm advice....
1 May 2013 DairyCo Reports DairyCo MilkBench+ Report Controlling costs and ensuring you are on the correct production system for your milk contract are the...
1 May 2013 RDPE Update As the current Rural Development Programme (RDP) comes to an end on 31st December 2013 DEFRA, Natural England and the...
1 May 2013 Snow Effects This March was the coldest in the UK since 1962 according to weather historians. The severe weather has been devastating...
1 May 2013 Agriculutral Wages Board The Agricultural Wages Board in England and Wales will now definitely cease operation from 1st October 2013. The Enterprise andRegulatory...
1 May 2013 Scottish Beef Scheme Scottish cattle farmers should be receiving their payments under the Scottish Beef Scheme 2012. These are the first set of...
1 May 2013 Renewable Heat Incentive The domestic element of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme has been delayed again until spring 2014. Originally due to...
1 May 2013 GM Poultry Feed Tesco’s, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and the Co-op have all announced they are to start permitting GM feed in poultry...
1 May 2013 Welsh Restucture As from 1st April, in Wales the Forestry Commission, Environment Agency and the Countryside Council for Wales merged into one. ...
1 May 2013 Tesco’s British Pledge Following on from Tesco’s pledge to British farmers back in February, Kevin Grace, Tesco’s commercial and supply chain manager, has...
1 May 2013 Yound Entrants Suport Scheme Since its launch in 2010 the Young Entrant Support Scheme (YESS) has helped 366 young and new entrants access £5.1...
1 May 2013 Pig Margins BPEX has reported that pig margins have improved over the last quarter, but they remain negative for the average producer. ...
1 May 2013 We will be adding general information and website links that may be useful to subscribers below: For the latest DEFRA Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs&publication_filter_option=statistics
1 May 2013 Slurry Management and Storage A joint project between DEFRA and the farming industry has been launched to consider issues relating to the storage and...
