21 December 2015 EU Farm Incomes Farm incomes across the EU-28 fell by 4.3% in 2015 compared to 2014. The estimates from Eurostat of 'agricultural income...
21 December 2015 US Rates Rise The Federal Reserve has raised US base rates by a quarter of a percent to 0.5%. Although not much in...
21 December 2015 Beet Harvest and Contract At the halfway point of the campaign, British Sugar (BS) has released details so far for the 2015 crop. Both...
17 December 2015 No Record For Scottish Harvest Despite a lot of anecdotal evidence suggesting a record 2015 harvest for Scottish farmers the official Government statistics show otherwise....
17 December 2015 GDT Rises Slightly Some slight pre-Christmas cheer for the dairy sector came with the GDT milk auction results showing a second consecutive rise. ...
17 December 2015 Bovine TB Strategy Environment Secretary, Liz Truss, has announced the next steps for delivering the Government's TB eradication strategy. This will include the...
17 December 2015 Renewable Energy The Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) announced the changes to be made to future support for the renewables...
16 December 2015 BPS Payments – Scotland, Wales and NI The Scottish Government has announced that they are 'on track' with payments. The first payments will be made during December...
16 December 2015 Livestock Farmer Innovation Grants The Farmer Innovation Grant has opened for applications from beef and sheep farmers in England. The AHDB will fund groups...
15 December 2015 Rural Development Programmes Approved The EU Commission has completed the adoption of all 118 Rural Development Programmes. EU rural aid funding totals €99.6bn for...
15 December 2015 Processors Apply Beef Movement Penalties The beef industry has called for clarity over penalties being imposed by some abattoirs for cattle being 'moved' too many...
15 December 2015 Facilitation Fund The second round of the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund will open on 18th January 2016 and close on 18th March...
14 December 2015 Flood Recovery Fund Farmers affected by the recent flooding in Cumbria and north Lancashire will be eligible for up to £20,000 of support. ...
14 December 2015 2015 potato crop Potato production in Great Britain will fall by 5.5% for the 2015 season compared to 2014. This is according to...
14 December 2015 Agro Chemical Merger Two of the worlds largest chemical companies, Dow and DuPont are in the advance stages of merger negotiations. If the...
14 December 2015 Tesco Lamb Contract Tesco is investigating whether to introduce a cost-of-production pricing model for some of its lamb supply. This would build on...
14 December 2015 Red Meat Levy Redistribution There may be a redistribution of levy board funding in the beef and sheep sectors as a result of a...
14 December 2015 BPS Payments Update As at the 8th the RPA had made 36,083 English BPS payments. This is some 41.4% of eligible farmers. The...
14 December 2015 AHDB Recommended List 2016/17 Thirty two new cereal and oilseed rape varieties have been added to the 2016/17 AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds Recommended lists, whilst...
7 December 2015 Stocktake Report 2015 AHDB Beef and Lamb (previously Eblex) has released its latest benchmarking figures for English beef and sheep enterprises. The...
7 December 2015 GM Imports Approved Two Monsanto genetically modified maize varieties have been approved for import into the EU. Mon87427 and NK603xT25 may enter the...
7 December 2015 Welsh Red Meat Levy Review A review of Hybu Cig Cymru / Meat Promotion Wales will being in January. The review will focus on the...
4 December 2015 Wales Suspends bTB Vaccinations The Welsh Government has had to suspend its badger vaccination programme due to a worldwide shortage of the vaccine. The...
4 December 2015 Entitlement Transfers There has been an update on the 'Active Farmer' declaration with respect to entitlement transfers. The person receiving entitlements must...
