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27 October 2016

BPS 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 2016

Glyphosate

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 2016

Dairy 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 2016

UK Census Results

It will be no surprise to most that the UK cereal and oilseed production for the 2016 season is considerably...
25 October 2016

June Census Results

Provisional results from the UK June Survey of Agriculture are a little surprising, but perhaps show how resilient UK livestock...
24 October 2016

Welsh 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 2016

Bovine TB Measures in Wales

The Welsh Government is consulting on new measures to eliminate bovine TB.  The current programme ends in 2016.  The new...
After falling by 3% at the beginning of the month, the overall GDT Price Index increased by 1.4% to $2,965...
20 October 2016

Milk 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 2016

IFCN 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 2016

Greening

Readers will be aware, we wrote back in August about proposed changes to the Greening rules.  Following concerns raised by...
6 October 2016

GDT Price Drops

The overall average price index fell at the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction.  Hopefully just a blip, this ends...
6 October 2016

Fracking 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 2016

Boost 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 2016

Welsh NVZ Consultation

The Welsh Government is consulting on plans which could see the whole of Wales being designated as a Nitrate Vulnerable...
Scotland has launched its new Farm Advisory Service (FAS).  The service is being delivered by SAC Consulting and Ricardo Energy...
4 October 2016

NVZ Derogations

The Nitrate Vulnerable Zone 2017 derogation for grassland farmers is now open for applications.  But applicants need to be aware...
Current agri-environment schemes will remain open until the UK formally leaves the EU.  This comes after an announcement from the...
4 October 2016

DEFRA Secretary Speaks

New DEFRA Secretary Andrea Leadsom has been notably quiet since taking over the post.  Following her speech at the Conservative...
4 October 2016

ScotMoves

As from 1st January 2017 Cattle Tracing System (CTS) links in Scotland will be replaced by a new system called...
A number of noteworthy announcements have taken place this weekend as the Conservative party conference gets into gear.  Most significantly,...
3 October 2016

BPS Conversion 2016

Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will be converted at a rate of €1 = 85.228p.  This is 16.5% higher...
28 September 2016

Brexit Seminar Handout

Andersons have recently completed a set of Seminars on the topic of Brexit. For those of our Bulletin subscribers who...
28 September 2016

Milk Reduction Scheme

The EU Commission has announced that more than 52,000 farmers across the EU have applied for the first tranche of...
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