14 August 2013 DEFRA CAP Updates DEFRA has produced two 'status reports' on how CAP reform is progressing in England. Although they don't provide much in...
14 August 2013 Sow Stall Ban Update Seven months on from the ban on the use of sow stalls only 13 Member States are fully compliant. Figures published...
14 August 2013 Global Grain Harvest With the Northern Hemisphere harvest progressing, the prospects for the 2013 crop year are becoming clearer. A record output is...
13 August 2013 Relaxation of Farm Building Conversion Rules Farm buildings may be allowed to be converted to residential use without planning permission in the future. The Department of...
12 August 2013 New Appointments for the Dairy Industry Dr Judith Bryans has been appointed the new Chief Executive of Dairy UK, following the retirement of the previous head,...
12 August 2013 Dairy Rationalisation Arla has announced proposals to close its Ashby-de-la-Zouch dairy in Leicestershire dairy. The site closure could result in the loss...
8 August 2013 Russian Potash Cartel Collapses Farmers around the world may see a significant fall in potash fertiliser prises. This comes after the breakup of one of...
5 August 2013 No Improvement in Cross Compliance Breaches The RPA has released its cross compliance statistics for 2012, a little later than usual. Perhaps rather disappointingly the number...
31 July 2013 Animal Health and Welfare 2011/12 Results from the 2011/12 survey on Animal Health and Welfare Practices on Farm have been published. The results show that...
31 July 2013 2012 Vegetable and Fruit Production Within the UK, fruit and vegetables covered 148,000 hectares in 2012. According to 'Basic UK Horticultural Statistics 2013' the total...
31 July 2013 SPS Issues Agent Project This probably sounds more glamorous than it really is. An 'agent' in RPA terms is simply someone who...
30 July 2013 Milk Markets Global Markets The benchmark Fonterra milk price index has started moving upwards again. After a series of price drops during...
30 July 2013 Lamb Market The lamb price has seen a sharp decline as a surge in throughput coincided with the hot weather. According to...
30 July 2013 Farm Saved Seed Rates The rates for Farm Saved Seed for the 2013/14 year have been set by the British Society of Plant Breeders...
30 July 2013 Rural Payments Wales (RPW) Online The Welsh Government has launched a new online system for farmers and agents to submit applications, track their progress and...
30 July 2013 July Arable Update – 3 Harvest Prospects The harvest has begun in southern and central parts of England. We are not yet going to be...
30 July 2013 Bovine TB in Wales The second year of the Welsh Government's badger vaccination project has started. The work, which is undertaken in three weekly...
26 July 2013 New Research Partnership Rothamstead Research and biotechnology firm Syngenta have joined forces on a multi-million pound partnership to develop a high yielding, environmentally...
26 July 2013 Scotland’s Weather Aid We reported in May about the opening of the £6m Weather Aid scheme in Scotland. It is reported that 958...
26 July 2013 New Dispute System for Scotland A new system has been developed by the Scottish Agriculutral Arbiters and Valuers Association (SAAVA) and the Tenant Farmers Forum...
23 July 2013 Crop Area Drops Not surprisingly, the area likely to be harvested this year shows a drop on previous seasons. The HGCA has just...
23 July 2013 Agri Tech Strategy launched The government has launched a new strategy to push the use of technology in agriculture and backed it up with...
23 July 2013 Welsh CAP Consultation The Welsh Government favours a cap on direct payments and will split the country into two or three regions under the...
22 July 2013 Ensus Sold The Ensus bioethanol plant on Teesside has been sold. A German company, CropEnergies AG, has purchased the facility from its...
