25 October 2013 Dairy Farm Profitability With rising milk prices and falling feed and fertiliser costs, the outlook for the dairy sector is look far more...
25 October 2013 Poultry Update The latest figures released by DEFRA show that UK broiler slaughterings were 2.2% higher this month compared to September 2012,...
25 October 2013 Simplified Environmental Legislation for Wales The Welsh Government has issued a consultation on a proposed Environment (Wales) Bill. The new legislation aims to manage the...
25 October 2013 Balance of Powers DEFRA is asking whether the balance of powers between the EU and the UK in terms of agricultural policy is...
25 October 2013 Arable Farm Profitability Drops With harvest completed and (most) crops planted many cereals farmers will now be taking stock of their financial position. Our...
24 October 2013 2013 Harvest – Areas and Yields DEFRA has published its provisional results from the June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture for the UK. The key results...
24 October 2013 Aylesbury Dairy Set to Open Arla's giant new dairy unit near Aylesbury is due to start production in the last week of October. As long...
24 October 2013 Milk Production & Prices The latest figures from the RPA reveal UK milk production for September remains ahead of year earlier levels. Monthly output has...
24 October 2013 First Milk Lose Asda Contract First Milk has announced that it has lost its 20,000 tonne cheese contract to Arla Milk Link as from spring 2014. ...
22 October 2013 Lower SPS DEductions but Payments Delayed? Financial Discipline may be revised downwards even further, but farmers could face delays in receiving their 2013 payments. An amending...
22 October 2013 UK June Survey Results DEFRA has published its provisional results from the June Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture for the UK. The key results...
15 October 2013 US Biofuels US imports of Brazilian sugar cane ethanol could be cut be more than 50% if a draft proposal to reduce...
15 October 2013 Peter Kendall To Step Down After eight years as the President of the National Farmers Union, Peter Kendall has confirmed his intentions to step down...
11 October 2013 New Farm AD Fund A new grant scheme has opened to support farm-scale anaerobic digestion (AD). The 'On-Farm AD Fund' will have £3m of...
11 October 2013 Agri-tech Fund Opens The Government's £70m 'Agri-tech Catalyst Fund' has opened for bids. This was part of the Agri-Tech Strategy we reported on...
11 October 2013 Andersons CAP Reform Seminars Andersons ran a series of Seminars on CAP reform in late September and early October. For those of our subscribers...
10 October 2013 NVZ Grassland Derogation 2014 The application window for the NVZ grassland derogation is now open for the 2014 year. The usual 'manure loading limit'...
10 October 2013 Second Generation Biofuels Plant Opens The biofuel industry has seen an important development this month. A new plant producing ethanol has officially opened in Crescentino,...
10 October 2013 Financial Discipline 2013 The rate of financial discipline looks set to be lower than the initial 4.98% proposed. Back in April we reported...
10 October 2013 Scottish Dairy Review The Scottish Government has released a bold dairy strategy with the aim of increasing milk production by 50% over the next...
7 October 2013 New DEFRA Minister The government reshuffle sees two new faces arrive at DEFRA. David Heath, Farming Minister, has been replaced by Dan Rogerson,...
7 October 2013 Welsh BPS Moorland Payment The Welsh Government has provided further detail on possible payment rates under the new Basic PaymentScheme (BPS). Primarily, these look...
1 October 2013 Reminders from the RPA The RPA is reminding SPS claimants to make sure the bank details it holds for them are correct. 2013 Single...
30 September 2013 SPS Conversion Rate Fixed SPS Conversion Rate The rate for converting the 2013 Single Payment will be €1 = £0.83605. This is the ‘official...
