24 November 2015 Financial Discipline The EU Commission has confirmed that the rate of Financial Discipline (FD) on 2015 BPS payments will be 1.393041%. This applies...
24 November 2015 Early Bird Survey The AHDB's Early Bird Survey (EBS) has been published. It shows the wheat area remaining static but a decline in...
24 November 2015 Pig Meat Market The latest figures from AHDB Pork show GB finished pig prices continue their downward trend. Prices have generally been in...
24 November 2015 Milk Prices and Production As processors start to introduce their winter pricing, the average UK farmgate milk price for September actually increased by 0.33p...
20 November 2015 Oversubscribed Grant Funding The Countryside Productivity Scheme could be deemed a success by DEFRA even before funding has been granted, but there will...
20 November 2015 CAP Simplification – Nov ’15 The EU Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan, has set out his plans for simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy, and especially the Basic...
19 November 2015 Energy Policy The Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Amber Rudd, has set out the Government's future vision for energy policy in the...
19 November 2015 DEFRA Budget Cuts It seems likely that DEFRA's budget will reduce by over a quarter in the next four years. Precise details will be...
18 November 2015 Future of Beet Growing There is likely to be increased flexibility in sugar beet contracts following the end of EU sugar beet quotas in...
18 November 2015 Part BPS Payments in Scotland Scottish farmers will receive BPS payments in December - but only part of them. The Scottish Government has announced that the...
18 November 2015 Renewed Appoval Expected for Glyphosate EU Food Safety watchdog, EFSA, has found that glyphosate, the world's most widely-used weed killer, is 'unlikely to cause cancer'. ...
17 November 2015 Dairy Aid Payments The RPA has announced it has started making the aid payments due as part of the EU dairy support package (see...
17 November 2015 Superlevy Provisional data from the European Commission reports twelve countries were over quota for the milk year 2014-15 and will have to...
17 November 2015 Bovine TB Study The results of a study into Bovine TB suggests that larger herds, growing maize, feeding silage and fewer hedgerows on...
17 November 2015 Global Dairy Production and Prices AHDB Dairy has reported milk production in the five main exporting regions, EU, US, NZ, Australia and Argentina, is finally...
11 November 2015 Farm Profits Fall Most sectors of agriculture saw profits fall in 2014/15 compared to the previous year. This is according to the latest...
11 November 2015 English Entitlement Values The Rural Payments Agency has announced Basic Payment Scheme entitlement values for 2015. The estimated payment in the Lowland region...
6 November 2015 Glastir Advanced Opens Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the Glastir Advanced will open between 9th November and 4th December. This round will be...
6 November 2015 GDT Falls Again The volatility in global dairy markets continues. The index of GDT auction prices fell 7.4% at the 3rd November event. This...
5 November 2015 National Parks Extended Extensions to the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks have been approved. The Dales area will grow by 24% to the north and...
5 November 2015 Game Fair to Continue Following the withdrawal of the CLA, new backers have been found for the Game Fair. The, as yet un-named organisation,...
5 November 2015 Tesco CoP Pricing Retained The UK's largest retailer, Tesco, will continue to purchase much of its milk under a cost-of-production pricing formula. This comes...
5 November 2015 Agrimetrics Centre Opens A new Agrimetrics Centre has opened at the Rothamsted Research site in Hertfordshire. Its aim is to use 'big data'...
5 November 2015 First Milk Results First Milk's financial results will make unpleasant reading for its farmer suppliers. In the year to 31st March 2015 the...
