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...
8 May 2015BPS Rush Latest figures from the UK administrations show that there is a long way to go with BPS applications. With just a...
8 May 2015Conservative Election Victory and Farming Following the surprise Conservative victory in the General Election, thoughts are turning to what this might mean for farming and...
8 May 2015Record Beet Yield The 2014 beet crop resulted in the highest ever average yield. Final results for last year (2014-15 campaign) show that total...
6 May 2015Record Wheat Shipment In a much-needed development, Gleadell is set to complete one of the largest ever export cargoes of wheat. A ship...
6 May 2015GDT Dairy Auction Falls Again Global dairy commodity prices continue on their downwards trend. The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction onthe 5th May saw the...
6 May 2015First Milk Restructure First Milk has announced a shake-up of its business to try and restore profitability. Around 70staff will be made redundant...
30 April 2015Welsh RDP Approved The Welsh Government has received informal approval for its Rural Development Programme. This comes via a 'letter of comfort' from...
30 April 2015Farm Profits Dip for 2014 DEFRA is indicating that farming profitability fell by a surprisingly small amount in 2014. Provisional figures for the last calendar year...
28 April 2015April Arable Update – Apr ’15 Unusually for this time of year, there is still a considerable chunk of old crop grain remaining unpriced on farm....
28 April 2015Grain Stocks Reassessment The official wheat stock level that underpins the UK supply and demand balance sheet is under review as being too...
27 April 2015Updated BPS Guidance A number of documents have been updated or added to the ever-lengthening list of BPS guidance in England. Updated RLE1...
23 April 2015Meat Market Update Beef Prime cattle prices have come under pressure as supply outstrips demand with reports, once again, of some disruption at...
23 April 2015GM Animal Feed EU Commission proposals on the import of GM crops have managed to upset almost everyone - the feed and farming industry,...
23 April 2015Common Land Following a legal challenge, those farming common land may be able to claim higher support payments. DEFRA has concluded that...
22 April 2015Savills Buys Smith Gore Savills is to buy Smiths Gore in a deal worth £40m. Smiths Gore was founded in 1847 and has its...
21 April 2015BPS Updates for England Greening Workbook The RPA has published a 'Greening Workbook' on its website at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/422907/Greening_workbook_vFINAL.pdf . It is designed to guide...
20 April 2015Tractor Sales Down Uncertainty in the CAP, lower output prices and a drop in farm incomes have been blamed for a slump in tractor...
17 April 2015Rural Broadband The Statistical Digest of Rural England (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-digest-of-rural-england-2013) has been updated. Data on rural innovation, broadband, investment and productivity have been...
17 April 2015Scottish Beef Payments Around 7,600 Scottish farmers have received their share of the £20.9 million pot available under the Scottish Beef Scheme. This...
17 April 2015TB Update The provisional incidence rate of bovine TB in GB cattle was 3.9% in January 2015, down from 4.5% in January...
17 April 2015Increased EU Coupled Support The big idea in the Fischler Reforms that brought in the Single Payment in 2005 was the conceptof 'decoupling'. This...
17 April 2015AHA 1986 Amendments As is often the case at the end of a Parliament, a number of measures are pushed through at the...
