22 September 2016 BPS Conversion Rate Most readers will be aware that the average 'official' £/€ exchange rate during September sets the rate at which BPS payments...
21 September 2016 Scottish Agricultural Wages The new Agricultural Wages Order for Scotland will not be published until 1st April 2017. The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board...
14 September 2016 Financial Discipline Reimbursement The RPA has announced details of a Financial Discipline refund relating to the 2014 scheme year. Those with a 2015...
14 September 2016 Scottish BPS Loan Scheme It appears this year that Scotland are not taking any chances with their BPS IT system. The Scottish Government has announced...
9 September 2016 Autumn Statement Date The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has set November 23rd as the date for the Autumn Statement. There may be more than...
8 September 2016 Milk Market Update GDT Prices The GDT average price index has risen by a further 7.7% at the latest auction held on 6th...
8 September 2016 Company Take-Over & Mergers News US-based biotech business Monsanto has accepted Bayer's increased bid. The deal said to be worth $66 billion (£50bn) will have...
31 August 2016 August Arable Roundup Harvest has progressed well with good conditions for most of the time despite a short break mid-August. Domestic feed wheat...
30 August 2016 British Sugar British Sugar is looking for new beet growers. They will be offered a one year contract at £22 per tonne...
30 August 2016 Badger Cull Extension The badger cull, to help control the spread of bovine TB, has been extended to areas in Cornwall, Devon and...
30 August 2016 Milk Prices With sharp rises in the commodity markets, and domestic and global production in decline, prices are reacting. Some of the...
30 August 2016 Residential Lettings in Wales Private Landlords are required to register themselves and their properties with Rent Smart Wales by 23rd November 2016. In addition,...
30 August 2016 Welsh Future Agricultural & RD Policies The Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee is asking for opinions and ideas to help develop Welsh agricultural and...
25 August 2016 2017 BPS Guidance DEFRA has launched a new 'page' on its website for the 2017 BPS Scheme Year; https://www.gov.uk/guidance/bps-2017. However, at the moment...
25 August 2016 Livestock Movement Rules DEFRA has made available a form to apply for a Temporary Land Association (TLA) or a Temporary County Parish Holding...
25 August 2016 Glyphosate A report by New Zealand's Environment Protection Agency has concluded that glyphosate is 'unlikely to be genotoxic or carcinogenic to...
25 August 2016 Welsh RD Schemes Welsh farmers have a further opportunity to apply for grants under the Rural Development programme. The Cabinet Secretary for the...
18 August 2016 Milk Prices on the Up The global dairy market definitely appears to have turned a corner. The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on the...
18 August 2016 English Crop Areas DEFRA has released the first official crop area statistics for the 2016 harvest. These only relate to England, but tend...
18 August 2016 NFU Brexit Consultation The NFU has launched what it is billing as the 'largest consultation in a generation' with its members over agricultural...
17 August 2016 Land Values Drop Land values continue to fall according to the latest statistics. Prices for the first half of 2016 dropped by 4%...
17 August 2016 Milk Reduction Scheme Back in July we wrote about a further package of measures from the EU to support, in particular, dairy farmers. ...
15 August 2016 Farm Support Guaranteed Support to UK farmers has been guaranteed at current levels until 2020. In a statement given by Chancellor Philip Hammond on...
4 August 2016 Interest Rate Cut The Bank of England has today (4th August) announced a cut to the base rate. The cut of 0.25% is...
