12 September 2013 Scottish Farm Debt Figures released by the Scottish Government show a 3% rise in Scottish farm debt. The harsh winter and poor 2012...
12 September 2013 Asulam 2014 Dates The Chemicals Regulation Directorate has agreed a notice of authorisation for the 2014 asulam spraying seasons. The Braken Control Group...
12 September 2013 Arla Co-op Offer Over 1,600 British dairy farmers are being offered the chance to become full members, and thus owners, of Europe's largest dairy...
11 September 2013 Welsh CAP Update The deadline for responses to the Welsh Government's consultation on CAP reform implementation has been extended. The cut-off was originally...
6 September 2013 Biodiversity Offsetting Land managers may able to benefit from a new income source is coming years if government plans are achieved. Biodiversity...
5 September 2013 Telecoms News We do not advise on the telecoms market ourselves, but we have good links with many experts in the field...
29 August 2013 Beet Price Row Rumbles On There has been no breakthrough as yet in the discussions between British Sugar (BS) and the NFU on the beet...
29 August 2013 August Arable Update Over the last 2 months we have suggested the new crop grain was worth selling. The feed wheat market has...
29 August 2013 New Environmental Scheme Details The design of the new scheme to replace Environmental Stewardship from 2015 is becoming clearer. We wrote about 'NELMS' (New...
29 August 2013 Fuel Prices Rise Fuel prices have seen some sharp rises in the last few days after the threat of western intervention in Syria...
28 August 2013 Syngenta Challenges EU Agro-chemical company, Syngenta, have filed a legal case against the EU Commission at the EU General Court in Luxembourg. The...
28 August 2013 Tractor Sales Down Tractor registrations of machines greater than 50hp have fallen by 19.7% in the first 6 months of 2013 compared to...
27 August 2013 Future Milk Prices UK farmgate milk prices are currently at record levels with high commodity prices due to tight supplies driving up prices. ...
27 August 2013 Pig Market As spot feed prices ease, pig production costs have fallen again for August. Latest figures from the AHDB/BPEX show provisional...
27 August 2013 Scottish Weather Aid Payments We wrote about the Scottish Weather Fund in May. This provided £6m of aid to producers affected by the severe...
27 August 2013 Land Prices Keep Rising Demand for commercial farmland is expected to remain strong with prices continuing to rise over the coming 12 months. That...
27 August 2013 Badger Cull Commences; New rules for Edge Areas The hugely controversial cull of badgers to combat the spread of bovine TB has started today (27th August). Co-ordinated by...
27 August 2013 Agricultural and Environmental Indicators Released DEFRA has released a statistical data-set analysing agricultural and environmental change in England. Whilst this may sound rather dull and worthy,...
27 August 2013 Milk Production and Butterfat As we expected, UK wholesale milk production in July was ahead of that delivered for the same month last year. ...
23 August 2013 French Schmallenberg Vaccine The new Schmallenberg vaccine, developed by animal health company Merial, has been granted approval in France. The vaccine, SBVvax, has...
15 August 2013 Welsh Agricultural Wages Welsh Government plans to maintain an Agricultural Wages Board in the Principality have hit a problem. We wrote in May...
15 August 2013 Farm Inspections DEFRA has published new guidance on the farm inspection regime. It provides details of why, when and how government officials...
15 August 2013 English Crop Area Drops The drop in combinable crop areas for harvest 2013 has been confirmed. We wrote last month about the HGCA survey...
14 August 2013 Welsh Animal Movements From 1st November applications for new or additions to existing Sole Occupancy Authorities (SOAs) will not be accepted in Wales....
