17 April 2013 Farm Incomes – England DEFRA has released its provisional estimates for Farm Business Income (FBI) by type of farm in England for 2012/13. It...
17 April 2013 Home Saved Seed In the light of the drilling and establishment problems, a surge on demand for spring seed is inevitable. Many varieties...
17 April 2013 2012 Cropped Areas and Production DEFRA released its final figures for the 2012 June Census of Agriculture in the UK in late December. The figures...
17 April 2013 CSF Grant Scheme Opens The application window for the 2013 Catchment Sensitive Farming Grant Scheme runs from 1st March to 30th April 2013. The...
17 April 2013 Crop Areas for 2013 By late January most years, the trade has a relatively clear idea of what has been planted to winter crops...
17 April 2013 Insecticide Threat to Bees A report analysed by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has found that honey bees face ‘a number of risks’...
9 April 2013 Meat Procurement Following the horsemeat scandal Tesco has pledged to source more of its food from the UK. Speaking at the NFU...
9 April 2013 Currency Movements – Apr ’13 Over recent weeks the Pound has weakened significantly against the Euro. As the chart shows, Sterling strengthened through the middle...
15 February 2013 Scottish New Entrants Scheme The Scottish Government has announced £2m of extra funding to support new entrants. It will go to those farmers who cannot...
12 February 2013 Test 2 DEFRA has been advised by the European Commission that a cattle vaccine for bovine TB is unlikely to be commercially...
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17 December 2012 SPS Conversion Rate The rate for converting the 2012 Single Payment will be €1 = £0.79805. This was the ‘official ECB’ rate on...
17 December 2012 Cashflow A number of farm businesses may face cashflow issues in the New Year. As always, the best approach is to...
