2 July 2013Campaign for the Farmed Environment The Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) launched a new booklet at this years Cereals Event. The booklet contained advice...
27 June 2013Milk Prices Rather surprisingly the UK average farmgate milk price for May fell (by 0.27ppl) for the first time since the start...
27 June 2013Market Management Mechanisms Ditched A new supply management tool backed by the European Parliament has been rejected in the CAP reform negotiations (see Newsflash...
27 June 2013LEAF gains ISEAL Assoicate Membership LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) has been accepted as an associate member of the ISEAL Alliance, the global membership association...
27 June 2013Changes toGrandfather Rights The current exemption under 'Grandfather Rights' for spray operators will end on 26th November 2015. Currently those born before 31st...
27 June 2013SPS Agent Project Rolled Out The pilot scheme to assist those who submit multiple SPS claims on behalf of clients is to be extended to...
27 June 2013Muller Wiseman New Contract We wrote on 3rd June about about a new milk contract being offered by Muller Wisman. The group has now...
27 June 2013June Arable Update – Jun ’13 Old Crop The end of June marks the end of the recorded grain marketing campaign. There is some old crop...
27 June 2013Cereals 2013 The numbers of people attending Cereals this year was reportedly up by a mere 50 compared with last year to...
26 June 2013CAP Deal on Track A deal on CAP reform looks highly likely to be concluded in the next few hours. After an intensive series...
25 June 2013Spending Review and DEFRA DEFRA will see its departmental budget cut by 10% for the 2015-16 year compared to the amount allocated for 2014-15. The announcement...
25 June 2013CAP Reform Agreed (Mostly) The shape of Europe's farm policy for the years to 2020 has been agreed. After a marathon negotiatingsession the Irish...
21 June 2013Co-op farming groups The Co-op supermarket has announced further moves to get closer to its farmer suppliers. Five farmer groups have been formally...
20 June 2013Growers Unite to Reject Sugar Deal The NFU is to carry on negotiating for a better sugar beet price. That was the result of the meeting...
20 June 2013RTI Relaxation Extended Businesses with less than 50 employees will be able to continue to report PAYE informationonce a month until April 2014. ...
19 June 2013Greening and Agri-environment Greening Shift DEFRA appear to be executing a subtle change of approach when it comes to 'greening'. This has seen...
18 June 2013Dual Use As the 2012 Dual Use gathering exercise draws to a close the RPA has announced a further one in 2013. ...
14 June 2013English Regional Statistics We wrote at the end of May about the publication of 'Agriculture in the UK, 2012' - the compendium of...
14 June 2013GM Wheat Trial Extended Rothamsted Research has been granted approval to test autumn-sown genetically-modified wheat. The variety of Cadenza has been designed to repel...
14 June 2013CAP Reform – The Final Countdown? There is a lot of discussion over whether there will be an agreement on CAP by the scheduled end of...
14 June 2013Woodland Statistics Released The latest National statistics on woodland areas, planting and restocking have been released by the Forestry Commission. The report shows...
14 June 2013NVZ Guidance We wrote towards the end of last month on the changes to the NVZ Regulations in England. DEFRA has now...
14 June 2013Scottish Rent and Economics Statistics The Scottish Government has published new data on the rental market in Scotland. 'Tenanted Agricultural Land in Scotland, 2012' can...
