17 April 2013 Patersons backs Cull and GM The Oxford Farming Conference is often claimed to set the agenda for the coming farming year. If this is true...
17 April 2013 New RDPE DEFRA and Natural England have started designing the agri-environment programme for England for the years after 2014. Work is underway...
17 April 2013 January Crop News The USDA has changed the timing of its regular releases, most of which will now be released on a Friday...
17 April 2013 Welsh CAP Consultation We have previously reported on the ‘conversations’ that the Welsh Government has initiated on the subject of CAP reform. The...
17 April 2013 RDP Scheme Start Dates DEFRA has decided that as from 1st January 2015 all new Environmental Stewardship agreements will have a 1st January start...
17 April 2013 SPS 2013 Forms and Guidance The 2013 application season approaches. The SPS online has been unavailable for most of February to allow...
9 April 2013 Meat Procurement Following the horsemeat scandal Tesco has pledged to source more of its food from the UK. Speaking at the NFU...
9 April 2013 Currency Movements – Apr ’13 Over recent weeks the Pound has weakened significantly against the Euro. As the chart shows, Sterling strengthened through the middle...
15 February 2013 Scottish New Entrants Scheme The Scottish Government has announced £2m of extra funding to support new entrants. It will go to those farmers who cannot...
12 February 2013 Test 2 DEFRA has been advised by the European Commission that a cattle vaccine for bovine TB is unlikely to be commercially...
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17 December 2012 SPS Conversion Rate The rate for converting the 2012 Single Payment will be €1 = £0.79805. This was the ‘official ECB’ rate on...
17 December 2012 Cashflow A number of farm businesses may face cashflow issues in the New Year. As always, the best approach is to...
