19 October 2015 CSS Applications Fall Short Natural England received just 2,314 Mid Tier Countryside Stewardship Scheme applications, in total 5,640 application forms were sent out. Natural...
16 October 2015 Crop Areas and Yields It will be no surprise to most that the 2015 season has delivered a big harvest. This has been confirmed by the...
16 October 2015 UK Survey Results for Livestock The results from the June Survey of Agriculture give a mixed picture on UK livestock breeding herds. As the table...
16 October 2015 Scottish Greening Guidance The Scottish Government has published Greening guidance for the 2016 scheme year. This can be found at - https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures/topics/all-schemes/basic-payment-scheme/greening-guidance/. As...
15 October 2015 LEADER Launched The LEADER programme in England got its official launch on the 14th October with £138m funding available to create more...
6 October 2015 EU Fails Biodiversity Goals Under 'Biodiversity 2020' the headline target set by EU Heads of State is to ‘halt the loss of biodiversity and...
2 October 2015 Water Pollution Consultation Opens DEFRA has published a consultation on tackling diffuse water pollution from agriculture. Diffuse pollution is generally seepage and run-off from...
1 October 2015 Sugar Campaign and Prices The four British Sugar factories opened for the 2015/16 beet campaign at the end of September and start of October. Whilst...
1 October 2015 Welsh Dairy Aid The Welsh Government has announced that it will allocate the £3.2m it has received as part of the EU's Crisis...
1 October 2015 More Growth Funding. Another tranche of funding under the RDPE 'Growth Programme' has been released. 'Calls for Funding' offering £7m have been invited...
1 October 2015 Irish Dairy Herd Expansion The strong growth in the Irish dairy industry is shown by the latest June Survey figures released by Ireland's Central...
30 September 2015 Breed Herds DEFRA has released the results of the June Survey of Agriculture in England. This shows most livestock breeding herds increasing,...
30 September 2015 BPS Conversion Rate Payments under the Basic Payment Scheme will be converted at a rate of €1 = 73.129p. As the table below...
30 September 2015 September Arable Update The grain market is heavy and bearish. The International Grains Council (IGC) is expecting the global 2015 harvest to result in...
30 September 2015 Tesco Milk Price Tesco has announced that members of The Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG) will see a drop of 0.35ppl in their...
29 September 2015 Rural Services Helpline The Rural Services Helpline will be introduced on the 30th September. This will provide a single number for all Rural...
29 September 2015 Greening Guidance 2016 The new guidance for Greening in 2016 has been published by the RPA.As we have previously written the rules for...
29 September 2015 Dairy Farm Profitability As UK milk prices have continued to slide during the summer, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm Model to illustrate the...
29 September 2015 Wage Rates New National Minimum Wage rates apply across the UK from 1st October, previous rates are shown in brackets; Workers aged...
29 September 2015 Potato Area AHDB Potatoes has released revised estimates for 2015 plantings. The area is now put at 111,600 hectares compared to the earlier provisional estimate...
28 September 2015 Cross Compliance Breaches 2014 The RPA has released its cross-compliance statistics for 2014. The number of failures has increased by almost 50% since the...
25 September 2015 Crisis Aid Allocated English dairy farmers will receive an average payment of £1,820 as a result of the EU crisis aid. The UK's...
24 September 2015 NI Bans GM The Northern Ireland Executive has followed the lead of the Scottish Government in banning the cultivation of GM crops in...
22 September 2015 Dual Use and CSS DEFRA has finally confirmed how 'dual use' will be dealt with under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS). Dual use will...
