29 June 2016 Glyphosate Extension The European Commission has given the go ahead to extend the current licence for Glyphosate for a further 18 months. ...
24 June 2016 Brexit The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union. Results from the referendum on membership put the leave side at...
24 June 2016 Brexit – Implications for Farming The vote to leave the EU will have profound effects on UK farming sector and those that do business with...
24 June 2016 Base Rates The sharp fall in Sterling following the Brexit vote may alter the timing of Base Rate rises. A weak currency...
24 June 2016 Cereals Attendance Visitor numbers to the 2016 Cereals Event fell by around 2% to around 24,000. For 2017 the Event will return...
24 June 2016 June Arable Outlook Well, at least in the very short term, the collapse of the Pound will support farming as it will make...
23 June 2016 Pigmeat Market The UK pigmeat market has been recovering slowly since April. The EU-spec SPP for the week ending 18th June was...
21 June 2016 Friesian Farm Update Ahead of the Livestock Event at Birmingham on 6th and 7th July Andersons has updated its Friesian Farm model. The...
20 June 2016 Meadow Foods Increase Milk Price Meadow Foods is the first processor to announce an increase in milk price. The company has said it will increase...
20 June 2016 Sanctions on Russia EU ambassadors have agreed to extend sanctions imposed on Russia for a further 6 months to January 31st 2017, but...
20 June 2016 New Threat to Pesticides As the glyphosate saga rumbles on, another threat to key pesticides has come to the fore. The EU Commission has...
20 June 2016 Second Scottish BPS Payments The Scottish Government is shortly to begin paying the balance of the 2015 BPS. Most (but not all) farmers have...
20 June 2016 Agricultural Statistics A couple of publications have emerged this month providing some detailed statistical analysis of the farming sector. In England. 'Agriculture...
14 June 2016 Glastir Small Grants Scheme Welsh Cabinet Secretary for the Environment & Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths has announced the new Glastir Small Grants Scheme will...
14 June 2016 Hedge & Tree Cutting Derogation Farmers are reminded that the hedge and tree cutting & trimming ban extends until the end of August. But if...
14 June 2016 Entitlement Transfers for 2017 With applications (hopefully) all now done for 2016, the industry might want to forget about the BPS for a while. ...
14 June 2016 AD FiT Review Support of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) could be cut severely under plans proposed by the government. The Department of Energy and...
9 June 2016 Milk Prices Following a price cut announcement from 1st July, Dairy Crest has confirmed it will not be making anymore price reductions...
9 June 2016 BPS Payment Deadline Extended The EU Commission has extended the deadline for making 2015 BPS payments. Normally, all money must be issued to farmers...
8 June 2016 Future of Glyphosate Still Unclear The EU Commission has once again failed to obtain Member States' agreement to renew the licence for Glyphosate. After postponing...
8 June 2016 SMP Intervention Ceiling The EU has proposed a further increase to the SMP intervention ceiling to 350,000 tonnes. This will be the second...
8 June 2016 Russian Import Ban Russia's import ban on agricultural products looks likely to be extended until the end of 2017. However, there will be...
1 June 2016 Joint Venture Matching Service A new service has launched designed to put together those with land to offer and entrepreneurs keen to start or...
27 May 2016 Grain Prospects Crops around the word, and especially near to home in Europe, are growing well and forecasters are projecting healthy yields...
