8 June 2015Irish Milk Production Surges With quotas now removed, Irish milk production is surging ahead - despite the very low dairy prices. Figures form the...
8 June 2015No Respite on GDT Auction The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on the 2nd June provided no optimism for hard-pressed dairy farmers. Prices followed...
8 June 2015Scottish Ag Wage Proposal The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has proposed that the standard rate should increase by 1.4% as from 1st October. Workers...
8 June 2015Welsh Agricultural Strategy The Welsh Government has set out a 'Strategic Framework for Welsh Agriculture'. This has been produced in consultation with the...
8 June 2015ELS Livestock Record Keeping ELS agreement holders will not be required to record livestock numbers on a field-by-field basis. Natural England wrote to around...
8 June 2015Farm Succession Only a little over a third of English farms have a firm plan for passing the business on. A survey...
8 June 2015Friesian Farm Update Ahead of the Livestock Event on the 8th and 9th of July, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm model. As...
3 June 2015Scottish Farmers To Recieve Rebate Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead, has announced that Scottish farmers are to receive a £12.2 million rebate from unspent...
1 June 2015Agriculture in the UK – Jun ’15 The latest edition of 'Agriculture in the UK' has been published. It is produced by DEFRA's Statistics section and includes...
27 May 2015Loam Farm Budgets In preparation for the Cereals Event the Andersons' Loam Farm Model has been updated. Loam Farm is a notional business,...
27 May 2015CAP Simplification – May ’15 Plans are being prepared in Brussels to simplify the workings of the Common Agricultural Policy. On taking up his post...
27 May 2015Scottish RDP Approved The Scottish Rural Development Programme has been formally approved by the European Commission. The approval will now allow for final...
27 May 2015Scottish Agricultural Wages A consultation has been launched on the future of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board. The consultation asks whether the Board...
27 May 2015Global Grain Forecasts The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its first forecast of global grain output for harvest 2015 on the...
22 May 2015Tesco Agriculture Head Quits The troubled retailer Tesco is looking for a new Director of Agriculture. The current occupant of the position, Tom Hind,...
22 May 2015Another Budget. Following their surprise General Election win, the new Conservative Government has announced that it will present another Budget. The Budget...
22 May 2015No Badger Cull Decision The recently reappointed Farm Minister, George Eustice, has stated that a decision on extending the cull of badgers has not yet...
22 May 2015N Prices Drop Some positive news for farm margins has arrived with the announcement of nitrogen fertiliser prices for the coming year. The...
22 May 2015Scottish Land Reform A Bill is expected to be put before the Scottish Parliament shortly implementing the SNP administration's plans for land reform. ...
22 May 2015Hedgecutting Derogation One of the changes in the English cross-compliance rules for this year is the extension of the end of the...
22 May 2015Milk Market Update There is still little cheer in the milk market. At the global level the latest GDT auction (on the 19th May)...
18 May 2015BPS Update – May ’15 With now less than a month to go before the application deadline for the BPS in England, the RPA has...
13 May 2015Welsh Wages Order The Welsh Government has launched a consultation proposing an interim Agricultural Wages Order. Two options are proposed; the Welsh Government...
13 May 2015Vivergo Buy Out Associated British Foods (ABF) has purchased BP's stake in the Vivergo bioethanol operation on Humberside. ABF is taking on the...
