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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...
Solar Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs) for small-scale installations are to be cut from 1st July.  Although the number of installations is (once...
EBLEX, the levy body for English beef and lamb, has revised down its UK lamb forecast for 2013.  Earlier estimates...
Beef prices continue to set new record levels.  The prime cattle deadweight price is in the region of 50p per...
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is forecasting a record coarse grains harvest in 2013.  The organisation...
The Scottish Goverment has announced that it will provide an aid package worth £6m to help thefarming industry recover from...
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...
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...
The Agricultural Wages Board in England and Wales will now definitely cease operation from 1st October 2013.  The Enterprise andRegulatory...
Scottish cattle farmers should be receiving their payments under the Scottish Beef Scheme 2012.  These are the first set of...
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. ...
Following on from Tesco’s pledge to British farmers back in February, Kevin Grace, Tesco’s commercial and supply chain manager, has...
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

NOTES

Stuff we need to do: Dairy Crest Price (CJI) IAgrM - Survey (CJI)