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...
8 June 2015 Friesian Farm Update Ahead of the Livestock Event on the 8th and 9th of July, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm model. As...
3 June 2015 Scottish Farmers To Recieve Rebate Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, Richard Lochhead, has announced that Scottish farmers are to receive a £12.2 million rebate from unspent...
1 June 2015 Agriculture in the UK The latest edition of 'Agriculture in the UK' has been published. It is produced by DEFRA's Statistics section and includes...
27 May 2015 Scottish RDP Approved The Scottish Rural Development Programme has been formally approved by the European Commission. The approval will now allow for final...
27 May 2015 Scottish Agricultural Wages A consultation has been launched on the future of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board. The consultation asks whether the Board...
27 May 2015 Global Grain Forecasts The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its first forecast of global grain output for harvest 2015 on the...
27 May 2015 Loam Farm Budgets In preparation for the Cereals Event the Andersons' Loam Farm Model has been updated. Loam Farm is a notional business,...
27 May 2015 CAP Simplification Plans are being prepared in Brussels to simplify the workings of the Common Agricultural Policy. On taking up his post...
22 May 2015 Tesco Agriculture Head Quits The troubled retailer Tesco is looking for a new Director of Agriculture. The current occupant of the position, Tom Hind,...
22 May 2015 Another Budget. Following their surprise General Election win, the new Conservative Government has announced that it will present another Budget. The Budget...
22 May 2015 No Badger Cull Decision The recently reappointed Farm Minister, George Eustice, has stated that a decision on extending the cull of badgers has not yet...
22 May 2015 N Prices Drop Some positive news for farm margins has arrived with the announcement of nitrogen fertiliser prices for the coming year. The...
22 May 2015 Scottish Land Reform A Bill is expected to be put before the Scottish Parliament shortly implementing the SNP administration's plans for land reform. ...
22 May 2015 Hedgecutting Derogation One of the changes in the English cross-compliance rules for this year is the extension of the end of the...
22 May 2015 Milk Market Update There is still little cheer in the milk market. At the global level the latest GDT auction (on the 19th May)...
18 May 2015 BPS Update With now less than a month to go before the application deadline for the BPS in England, the RPA has...
13 May 2015 Truss Stays On Following the Conservatives victory in the General Election David Cameron has announced his Ministerial team. The main appointments with a...
13 May 2015 Welsh Wages Order The Welsh Government has launched a consultation proposing an interim Agricultural Wages Order. Two options are proposed; the Welsh Government...
13 May 2015 Vivergo Buy Out Associated British Foods (ABF) has purchased BP's stake in the Vivergo bioethanol operation on Humberside. ABF is taking on the...
13 May 2015 Monsanto Stalks Syngenta The directors of the Swiss-based plant technology Syngenta have rejected a takeover approach from the US company Monsanto. The offer,...
8 May 2015 Conservative Election Victory and Farming Following the surprise Conservative victory in the General Election, thoughts are turning to what this might mean for farming and...
