18 April 2013Schmallenberg Virus The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has confirmed it is considering an application by MSD for a vaccine against the Schmallenberg...
18 April 2013Budget 2013 The Chancellor delivered his 4th Budget on 20th March. Rather like earlier ones, the economic news was bad, with most...
18 April 2013SPS Issues The Weather and Coding The RPA has issued updated guidance on how to code fields for SPS 2013 given the...
18 April 2013Farm Incomes – Wales Following on from last month’s English and Scottish Farm Business Income (FBI) and Total Income from Farming (TIFF) data the...
18 April 2013Organic Food Market The market for organic food declined by 1.5% in 2012 according to the Soil Association’s annual ‘Organic Market Report’. This...
18 April 2013Rural Training DEFRA is giving a boost to rural training through the current Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). Two initiatives have...
18 April 2013Red Tape Review In July 2010 the Farming Regulation Task Force was set up under Richard Macdonald in order to carry out an...
17 April 2013Insecticide Threat to Bees A report analysed by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has found that honey bees face ‘a number of risks’...
17 April 2013January Dairy Update Production Stays Low Latest figures from the RPA show UK milk deliveries stood at 1,035.9 million litres for December. An...
17 April 2013Pigmeat Market Latest figures from BPEX reveal that the GB DAPP (EU spec) has eased slightly following the normal seasonal trend. For...
17 April 2013The Lamb Market Sainsbury’s has announced it is to increase the price it pays for its lamb until the end of February. The...
17 April 2013Schmallenberg Update Early lambing flocks across England and Wales are experiencing higher than normal still births and deformities due to the Schmallenberg...
17 April 2013CAP Reform – Apr ’13 The Budget The next big milestone in the CAP reform negotiations is the Heads of State meeting on the 7th...
17 April 2013Sow Stall ban The National Pig Association has called for urgent action on countries flouting the sow stall ban, brought in on 1st...
17 April 2013Entitlements Entitlement Transfers A new edition of the RLE1 form and guidance booklet has been produced for 2013. The RLE1form is...
17 April 2013EU Budget The headline points of the agreement on the ‘Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014 to 2020 are as follows; Total...
17 April 2013Naked Acres The RPA is expected to release further guidance on the treatment of ‘naked acres’ (land which is available without entitlements)...
17 April 2013Modulation post-2013 The ‘new modulation’ at 15% does not have to be match-funded by national Treasuries. In practical terms this is likely...
17 April 2013New DEFRA Computer System In an announcement likely to send a chill through the English farming industry, DEFRA has decided it is going to...
17 April 2013LFA Review Under CAP reform proposals the European Commission is proposing to replace Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) with ‘Areas with Natural Constraints’. ...
17 April 2013Patersons backs Cull and GM The Oxford Farming Conference is often claimed to set the agenda for the coming farming year. If this is true...
17 April 2013New RDPE DEFRA and Natural England have started designing the agri-environment programme for England for the years after 2014. Work is underway...
17 April 2013January Crop News The USDA has changed the timing of its regular releases, most of which will now be released on a Friday...
17 April 2013Welsh CAP Consultation We have previously reported on the ‘conversations’ that the Welsh Government has initiated on the subject of CAP reform. The...
