24 April 2013 SPS Payment Cuts for 2013 and 2014 No sooner had we written in the last Bulletin about possible cuts in the 2013 Single Payment, than an official statement outlining...
23 April 2013 Single Payment Update 2012 Payments Almost all 2012 SPS payments have now been made. The RPA has announced that, as of the end...
18 April 2013 Neonicotionoid Ban The European Commission has proposed a partial ban on the use of four neonicotinoids used on flowering crops that are...
18 April 2013 Crops for Biofuels From 1st April crops entering the biofuel market must demonstrates that Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG) associated with their cultivation are...
18 April 2013 Sugar Quota Regime MEPs have voted to extend the sugar quota regime until 2020. But DEFRA has called for the Commission to end...
18 April 2013 March Dairy Update Dairy Crest Formula Formula milk pricing has moved out of dedicated supermarket supply sector into the ‘mainstream’ with the launch...
18 April 2013 Dairy Strategy The NFU has urged the industry to adopt a clear strategy to develop the sector. To this end it has...
18 April 2013 Horsemeat Scandal The horsemeat scandal continues to rumble on, albeit not quite making the headline news it commanded for nearly a month. ...
18 April 2013 Milk Production UK milk production continues to slide. Figures from the RPA show deliveries in February fell to just 976 million litres,...
18 April 2013 UK Livestock Numbers The results from the December Survey of Agriculture for the UK and each of the devolved regions have now been...
18 April 2013 Februrary Dairy Update Arla Contracts Arla Foods has launched a new milk supply contract which is believed to be the first fully compliant...
18 April 2013 Dairy Closure The Saputo dairy in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire is to close. The facility which is Canadian-owned produces mozzarella cheese for the...
18 April 2013 Meat Market 2013 Beef As the farmgate beef price continues at record levels, the AHDB/EBLEX has released its 2013 forecasts for the UK...
18 April 2013 CAP Reform News A fair amount of progress on CAP reform has been made this month. This looks positive for a ‘political’ agreement...
18 April 2013 Bovine TB Update Following the postponed culls in autumn 2012, Natural England has confirmed that West Gloucestershire and West Somerset have met all...
18 April 2013 SPS Payment Rates 2013 Most support claimants may be thinking that payment rates will drop in 2015 when the new BPS replaces the SPS. ...
18 April 2013 Schmallenberg Virus The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has confirmed it is considering an application by MSD for a vaccine against the Schmallenberg...
18 April 2013 Budget 2013 The Chancellor delivered his 4th Budget on 20th March. Rather like earlier ones, the economic news was bad, with most...
18 April 2013 SPS Issues The Weather and Coding The RPA has issued updated guidance on how to code fields for SPS 2013 given the...
18 April 2013 Farm Incomes – Wales Following on from last month’s English and Scottish Farm Business Income (FBI) and Total Income from Farming (TIFF) data the...
18 April 2013 Organic Food Market The market for organic food declined by 1.5% in 2012 according to the Soil Association’s annual ‘Organic Market Report’. This...
18 April 2013 Rural Training DEFRA is giving a boost to rural training through the current Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). Two initiatives have...
18 April 2013 Red Tape Review In July 2010 the Farming Regulation Task Force was set up under Richard Macdonald in order to carry out an...
