1 May 2013 Cider Production Cider producers are facing growing concerns over the continued cold weather. Currently the apple growing season is two and a...
1 May 2013 Single Payment Scotland The Scottish Rural Affairs Minister Richard Lochhead, has stated that he supports the capping of Single Payments in Scotland. Although...
1 May 2013 Scottish NVZ Action Programme Following last year’s consultation, the Scottish NVZ Action Programme has been changed. Most of the new rules, which have not...
1 May 2013 April Arable Update – May ’13 UK Plantings This time last year we commented on the ‘excellent spring drilling conditions through to mid April coupled with...
1 May 2013 Info and Links We will be adding general information and website links that may be useful to subscribers below: For the latest DEFRA...
1 May 2013 Global Crop Areas The International Grains Council (IGC) has published its first forecasts of the global supply and demand for the 2013 harvest. ...
1 May 2013 Neonicotinoid Ban A European Commission proposal for a partial ban on neonicotinoid insecticides on certain crops attractive to bees did not gain...
1 May 2013 Ensus Closure Early in April the Ensus bioethanol plant in Teesside announced closure for the third time. The company announced that the...
1 May 2013 April Dairy Update Production Stays Low UK milk production fails to show any sign of recovery. Figures from the RPA report deliveries in...
30 April 2013 Farm Incomes Resilient in 2012 UK farm profits fell by 14% between 2011 and 2012. This is the headline figure from the latest Total Income from...
25 April 2013 DairyCo Report A report commissioned by DairyCo and undertaken by The Andersons Centre and the University of Nottingham has dispelled three common...
25 April 2013 Future English Hill Support The idea of amending the current three English SPS regions in order to provide more support to hill farmers seems...
24 April 2013 Farm Incomes – Scotland The Scottish Government has released information on two income measures; Total Income from Farming (TIFF) and the average Farm Business...
24 April 2013 SPS Payment Cuts for 2013 and 2014 No sooner had we written in the last Bulletin about possible cuts in the 2013 Single Payment, than an official statement outlining...
23 April 2013 Single Payment Update 2012 Payments Almost all 2012 SPS payments have now been made. The RPA has announced that, as of the end...
18 April 2013 Februrary Arable Market Customs data shows UK wheat imports since the start of the grain marketing year (1st July) far ahead of exports. ...
18 April 2013 Upland Payments Uplands Transitional Payment (UTP) The payment rates for the 2013 Uplands Transitional Payments (UTP) have been set. Upland beef and...
18 April 2013 Global Gm Areas For the first time since GM crops were introduced developing countries have grown a larger area than industrialised counties. Developing...
18 April 2013 March Arable Markets The grain markets have been steadily bearish over the last month, despite nothing in the UK of note really starting...
18 April 2013 Uk Biofuel Land Use New statistics released by DEFRA show that around 1.8% of UK arable land in 2010/11 was grown for biofuel and...
18 April 2013 Cropped Areas The area planted to winter cereals and oilseeds in the UK has fallen by 18% compared to the 2012 harvest...
18 April 2013 Neonicotionoid Ban The European Commission has proposed a partial ban on the use of four neonicotinoids used on flowering crops that are...
18 April 2013 Crops for Biofuels From 1st April crops entering the biofuel market must demonstrates that Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG) associated with their cultivation are...
