5 September 2014Big Beet Harvest The 2014 sugar beet harvest is getting underway shortly, with a record crop predicted. The Wissington and Newark factories open...
5 September 2014Dairy Profitability – Sept ’14 With UK milk prices falling rapidly, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm Model to illustrate the effect on dairy farm profitability. ...
4 September 2014Further Greening Rules for Wales The Welsh Government has published further information on how the Greening measures will work in Wales. The latest booklet - 'Your...
3 September 2014First Milk Cut Price Again First Milk has announced a huge 3ppl price cut as from 1st October for all of its suppliers. The cut...
31 August 2014Muller Milk Price Cut UK farmgate milk prices continue their descent. Muller Wiseman is the latest processor to announce a substantial cut. The non-aligned...
28 August 2014Cross-compliance Changes – Aug ’14 At the same time as the August CAP update was published a list of the new cross-compliance rules under the...
28 August 2014Harvest Update August 2014 Good harvest progress was made during the first half of August, but this then slowed as some areas were affected by showers. ...
28 August 2014Horticulture Statistics Within the UK, vegetable area rose 2% to 131,000 hectares in 2013 and fruit area remained unchanged at 29,000 hectares...
28 August 2014Welsh Moorland Classification The definition of Moorland under the Welsh Basic Payment Scheme is to be altered. The Deputy Minister for Agriculture Rebecca...
27 August 2014Dairy Markets – Aug ’14 Russian Ban The UK exports relatively few milk products directly to Russia. By far the most important category is cheese,...
27 August 2014Meat Export Sucess Figures published for the first half of 2014 show an increase in exports of beef and lamb. In June alone,...
27 August 2014Fungus Hits US Wheat Crop Wheat farmers in the US are facing large grain cleaning bills with some soft red wheat crops having been hit...
27 August 2014YESS Scheme Opens The Young Entrants Support Scheme (YESS) in Wales will open for applications on the 1st September 2014. The deadline for...
26 August 2014Badger Cull Authorised Natural England (NE) has confirmed that all the 'criteria' have been met to allow a second year of badger culling...
22 August 2014Greening Factsheet We have updated our Greening Factsheet - this provides a summary of our current understanding. It provide more clarification on...
22 August 2014Scottish CAP and Capping When the Scottish Government announced its CAP implementation plans back in June, it proposed a 'cap' on BPS payments. This...
22 August 2014DEFRA Crop Areas DEFRA has released its crop area figures for the 2014 harvest. These are based on the June Survey, and at...
20 August 2014World Grain Supply and Demand With the harvest progressing, the prospects for the 2014 crop year are becoming clearer. The International Grains Council (IGC) has...
20 August 2014Land Prices Rise Land prices continue to increase. This is being driven by a rise in the demand for residential and 'lifestyle' farmland plus continued commercial...
14 August 2014More English Greening Detail DEFRA has published further details on the implementation of CAP reform in England. The full guidance document can be found...
13 August 2014Doha Trade Deal Collapses We reported back in December that, after twelve years, there had finally been an agreement in the World Trade Organisation...
7 August 2014Tighter TB Control in Wales The exemption that allows cattle in Wales to be moved within aSole Occupancy Authority (SOA) without a pre-movement TB test...
7 August 2014Food Fraud Research Grants Grants of £1.87m have been awarded to five projects to explore the issues behind food fraud. The grants, provided by the Economic...
7 August 2014Russia Bans Food Imports In response to the sanctions imposed over its actions in Ukraine, Russia has banned food imports from the EU, US,...
