30 June 2015 2016 Beet Price The sugar beet price for the 2016 crop will be £20.30 per tonne. This announcement comes following an agreement between...
26 June 2015 June Grain Markets Surely this is the low-point of the grain market? Surely dipping into 2 figures in some regions for feed barley...
26 June 2015 Russia to Extend Ban After the EU extended its economic sanctions by 6 months to 31st January 2016, Russia plans to extend the ban on...
25 June 2015 Scotland’s Land Reform Bill The Scottish Government's long awaited Land Reform Bill was published on June 23rd. Land Reform Minister, Aileen McLeod, has pledged...
24 June 2015 Jim Paice Steps Down First Milk's chairman, Jim Paice, has announced that he will step down from his role. First Milk has also announced...
24 June 2015 UK Organic Decline The decline in the area of organic land in the UK continued in 2014, for the sixth year in a row. ...
23 June 2015 Basic Payment Scheme Roundup With the dust settling on applications for the Basic Payment Scheme in England there are some issues that applicants may...
23 June 2015 Soybean-Rapeseed Divergence The soybean is dominant in the oilseed market and price movements in that market usually indicate the direction of prices this side of...
23 June 2015 Milk Production and Prices Production Latest UK daily milk deliveries for the two weeks ending 6th June show production remains strong. At 43.6 million...
23 June 2015 Public Opinion of Farmers Improves For the forth year running the public's opinion of farmers has improved. According to the OnePoll survey, 68% of people...
19 June 2015 Wind Farm Subsidies to End Honouring a Election Manifesto pledge, the Conservative Government has announced its intention to end subsidies for onshore wind farms from...
18 June 2015 Dairy Crest Sale: No Approval Yet The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Muller's proposed acquisition of Dairy Crest's Dairy (i.e. liquid milk) division...
17 June 2015 Organic Reform Comprmise The Latvian Presidency has managed to negotiate a compromise of the revision of EU organic rules. There have been two...
17 June 2015 BSE Scare Ireland A suspected case of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) has been identified in Ireland. The five year-old cow, which had not...
17 June 2015 Cereals Event Attendance Falls Visitor numbers to the 2015 Cereals Event fell by around 2% to 24,500. For 2016 the event will return to...
17 June 2015 BPS Deadline Passed The extended BPS deadline for applications without penalty passed on midnight on the 15th June for farmers in Scotland and England. ...
15 June 2015 Further DEFRA Cuts DEFRA will face cuts of a further £83 million from its 2015/16 budget as part of wider government austerity plans. ...
15 June 2015 Countryside Stewardship Applications July marksthe start of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) application window. Applications must be submitted between July and September although...
12 June 2015 Review of Glastir Advanced An independent review has been undertaken into the delivery of Glastir Advanced. The review, undertaken by Geoff Radley (consultant), Leuan...
11 June 2015 Environmental Stewardship Claim Forms Environmental Stewardship Claim Forms must be submitted by 15th June, however we have been informed that the address on the...
11 June 2015 Over 17,000 Welsh forms The total number of Single Application Forms submitted in Wales was 17,063. Just 105 forms were submitted after the deadline...
8 June 2015 Welsh Agricultural Strategy The Welsh Government has set out a 'Strategic Framework for Welsh Agriculture'. This has been produced in consultation with the...
8 June 2015 ELS Livestock Record Keeping ELS agreement holders will not be required to record livestock numbers on a field-by-field basis. Natural England wrote to around...
8 June 2015 Farm Succession Only a little over a third of English farms have a firm plan for passing the business on. A survey...
