7 October 2013 New DEFRA Minister The government reshuffle sees two new faces arrive at DEFRA. David Heath, Farming Minister, has been replaced by Dan Rogerson,...
7 October 2013 Welsh BPS Moorland Payment The Welsh Government has provided further detail on possible payment rates under the new Basic PaymentScheme (BPS). Primarily, these look...
1 October 2013 Reminders from the RPA The RPA is reminding SPS claimants to make sure the bank details it holds for them are correct. 2013 Single...
30 September 2013 SPS Conversion Rate Fixed SPS Conversion Rate The rate for converting the 2013 Single Payment will be €1 = £0.83605. This is the ‘official...
30 September 2013 Cereals Market Update Old Crop Good grain analysts and market economists try to predict the changes in grain supply and demand before they...
28 September 2013 SRDP Transition The Scottish Governmenthas confirmed that the main elements of the existing Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) will continue into 2014. As...
28 September 2013 NFU Cereals Survey Initial results form the NFU's harvest survey show that wheat yields were far better than looked likely during the spring. However,...
28 September 2013 English Livestock Numbers The June Survey of Agriculture shows that dairy, beef and pig herds in England declined between 2012 and 2013. However,...
27 September 2013 More Price Increases Following last week’s announcements from Muller Wiseman and Sainsbury, five more processors have announced milk price rises: First Milk manufacturing...
26 September 2013 CAP Agreement Concluded The final elements of the CAP reform package have now been agreed. The headline point is that 'degressivity' will remain...
26 September 2013 Waste Exemption Renewals Farmers in England and Wales should have registered for agricultural waste exemptions by the 30th September. Under the Environmental Permitting...
26 September 2013 DEFRA CAP Consultation DEFRA is due to launch its consultation on the implementation of CAP reform in England in the second week of...
26 September 2013 Superlevy in Europe As previously reported (see /livestock/milk-production-and-butterfat/) the UK was under its national milk quota by a record amount in 2012/13 (-13.8%). The...
26 September 2013 Young Entrants Support Scheme The application window for the Young Entrants Support Scheme (YESS) in Wales will run from 30th September to 22nd November;...
23 September 2013 EU Forestry Strategy The new EU Forestry Strategy, replacing the 1998 Strategy, was adopted by written procedure today (23 September). The Strategy states...
23 September 2013 Early subsidy payments in Wales The Welsh Government has announced that the 2013 Single Payment will be brought forward for around 3,300 Welsh farmers. The move...
20 September 2013 Food Statistics Pocketbook 2013 The annual Food Statistics Pocketbook has been released by DEFRA. The publication provides a roundup of the social, environmental and...
20 September 2013 Beet Price Agreed After long negotiations the NFU and British Sugar have agreed a price for the 2014 sugar beet crop. Growers will...
19 September 2013 Milk Prices All the signals are now pointing towards the current strong milk prices remaining firm into the start of 2014. Both...
19 September 2013 AHDB/HGCA Cereal Quality Survey As expected the initial AHDB/HGCA Cereal Quality Survey shows much better results for both wheat and barley compared to the...
16 September 2013 Beet Talks Continue There has been no breakthough yet in the 2014 beet price talks between the NFU and British Sugar. An annoucement...
13 September 2013 SAWS Scrapped The Home Office has announced that the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) will be scrapped at the end of this...
13 September 2013 Sainsbury’s £1m R&D fund Supermarket giant, Sainsbury's, has pledged £1 million to its UK farmers and growers in the form of research and development...
12 September 2013 TB Figures Released Latest figures from DEFRA show that 17,367 cattle were slaughtered as TB reactors, inconclusive reactors or direct contacts between January...
