17 April 2013 Sow Stall ban The National Pig Association has called for urgent action on countries flouting the sow stall ban, brought in on 1st...
9 April 2013 Meat Procurement Following the horsemeat scandal Tesco has pledged to source more of its food from the UK. Speaking at the NFU...
9 April 2013 Currency Movements – Apr ’13 Over recent weeks the Pound has weakened significantly against the Euro. As the chart shows, Sterling strengthened through the middle...
15 February 2013 Scottish New Entrants Scheme The Scottish Government has announced £2m of extra funding to support new entrants. It will go to those farmers who cannot...
12 February 2013 Test 2 DEFRA has been advised by the European Commission that a cattle vaccine for bovine TB is unlikely to be commercially...
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17 December 2012 SPS Conversion Rate The rate for converting the 2012 Single Payment will be €1 = £0.79805. This was the ‘official ECB’ rate on...
17 December 2012 Cashflow A number of farm businesses may face cashflow issues in the New Year. As always, the best approach is to...
17 December 2012 Environmental Stewardship (ES) handbooks The 4th Edition of the Environmental Stewardship (ES) handbooks are now available on-line at http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/ The new handbooks are effective...
17 December 2012 Leasing The Annual Investment Allowances (AIA) on plant and machinery reduced from £100,000 to £25,000 from April this year. This suggests...
17 December 2012 Badger Cull Postponed – Dec ’12 The NFU has taken the difficult to decision to request that the pilot badger culls in West Somerset and West...
14 December 2012 Code of Best Practice The Dairy Industry Voluntary Code of Best Practice has now been published. Following checking with the Office of Fair Trading...
14 December 2012 Harvest and Drilling Progress Some farmers have now effectively written off the rest of their un-harvested cereal crops, either letting sheep in to gain...
