28 October 2016Potato Supply Falls The supply of potatoes from the 2016 crop looks set to be lower. This is already having an effect on...
28 October 2016Milk Production Milk output continues to fall, both domestically and globally. Deliveries in September were almost 10% lower than the same month...
27 October 2016UK Supply & Demand 2016/17 The first official estimates for supply and demand of cereals for harvest 2016 have been published by AHDB Cereals &...
27 October 2016Arable Outlook Currency continues to support UK cereal and oilseed prices. The domestic market is just about being entirely driven by the...
27 October 2016EU/Canada Trade Deal Salvaged An ambitious free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada has been salvaged at the last minute. It appeared that the deal...
27 October 2016BPS Roundup There have been a number of new pieces of BPS information over the last few of weeks: The RPA has announced it...
27 October 2016Glyphosate The future of Glyphosate is back in the news again. Following the EU Commission's 18-month extension to the herbicides's licence and...
26 October 2016Dairy Event(s) Impasse There will be two national dairyevents in September 2017 after the organisers of the events failed to agree to hold...
25 October 2016June Census Results Provisional results from the UK June Survey of Agriculture are a little surprising, but perhaps show how resilient UK livestock...
25 October 2016UK Census Results It will be no surprise to most that the UK cereal and oilseed production for the 2016 season is considerably...
24 October 2016Welsh RD Schemes Those who applied for the Glastir Small Grant are advised to check their on-line account. Contracts are being issued via...
20 October 2016Bovine TB Measures in Wales The Welsh Government is consulting on new measures to eliminate bovine TB. The current programme ends in 2016. The new...
20 October 2016GDT Auction Improves Slightly After falling by 3% at the beginning of the month, the overall GDT Price Index increased by 1.4% to $2,965...
20 October 2016Milk Reduction Scheme The second application window for the milk production reduction scheme closed on 12th October. Just over 6,000 farmers across the...
19 October 2016IFCN Dairy Outlook According to the International Farm Comparison Network’s (IFCN) Long-Term Dairy Outlook, global milk production will increase by 25% to 1,038...
18 October 2016Greening Readers will be aware, we wrote back in August about proposed changes to the Greening rules. Following concerns raised by...
6 October 2016GDT Price Drops The overall average price index fell at the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction. Hopefully just a blip, this ends...
6 October 2016Fracking Gets Go-Ahead Fracking has been given the go-ahead at Little Plumpton in Lancashire. Communities Secretary Sajid Javid has approved plans after Cuadrilla...
6 October 2016Boost for Beet Price Beet growers will receive a higher price than initially thought on the crop just about to be harvested. The agreement...
5 October 2016Welsh NVZ Consultation The Welsh Government is consulting on plans which could see the whole of Wales being designated as a Nitrate Vulnerable...
4 October 2016Brexit Update – Oct ’16 A number of noteworthy announcements have taken place this weekend as the Conservative party conference gets into gear. Most significantly,...
4 October 2016Scotland Farm Advice Service Scotland has launched its new Farm Advisory Service (FAS). The service is being delivered by SAC Consulting and Ricardo Energy...
4 October 2016NVZ Derogations The Nitrate Vulnerable Zone 2017 derogation for grassland farmers is now open for applications. But applicants need to be aware...
4 October 2016Rural Development Schemes Secured Current agri-environment schemes will remain open until the UK formally leaves the EU. This comes after an announcement from the...
