24 September 2015NI Bans GM The Northern Ireland Executive has followed the lead of the Scottish Government in banning the cultivation of GM crops in...
22 September 2015Dual Use and CSS DEFRA has finally confirmed how 'dual use' will be dealt with under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS). Dual use will...
21 September 2015CLA Drops Game Fair The CLA will no longer run the Game Fair. The 2016 event at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire will not go...
21 September 2015Extra Commons Entitlements Those who have claimed the SPS over common land may be eligible for additional entitlements and payments. The RPA is now...
18 September 2015Another Welsh BPS Challenge The Welsh Government faces another legal challenge to its BPS system. This time a group of lowland farmers are set...
16 September 2015No early BPS as UK crisis aid set UK farmers will not receive an early payment of 2015 BPS. As part of EU moves to address the price slump in...
16 September 2015Dairy Roundup – Sept ’15 GDT Auction Rises Again There is some hope that global dairy prices may have turned a corner. The latest Global...
15 September 2015MEPs Reject GM Plans Members of the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee have rejected the EU Commissions plans to allow Member States to impose national bans...
9 September 2015More CSS Details published Even more information has been published on the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS). This includes a number of clarifications and deadline...
9 September 2015Farm Debt Increases UK farm debt increased by 8.4% to £17.1bn by the end of July 2015. This is the fourth year in...
8 September 2015Renewables Support Cut Farm renewables projects could become far less attractive after the Government proposed cutting the amount of support for two key technologies. ...
8 September 2015Milk Auction Rises Again The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction rose 10.9% at the latest sale on 1st September. This comes after a 14.9%...
8 September 2015Welsh BPS Payments The Welsh Government produced an online BPS payments calculator at the start of the month. This was to allow farmers...
8 September 2015Exchange Rates Exchange rates, and especially the £ v € relationship, is one of the key determinants of UK farm profitability. The...
8 September 2015Badger Culls Approved DEFRA has announced that culls of badgers will take place in three areas this autumn in an effort to control...
8 September 2015EFA in 2016 There has been a question over whether a field that had been used to grow a 2015 EFA Cover crop could then...
8 September 2015EU Support Package Announced The EU has announced a €500m support package to help farmers through the current slump in prices. Most of this...
3 September 2015NVZ Grassland Derogation Applications for the Grassland derogation under the NVZ open on the 1st October and close at the end of December. ...
3 September 2015Scottish Ag Wages The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has announced rates that apply for the year from 1st October 2015. The headline rate...
3 September 2015More CSS Details More details on the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) continue to dribble out. The latest additional information is 'chapter 8' of...
1 September 2015Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme The Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme opens for claims on the 1st September. The scheme has an annual budget of...
28 August 2015Further First Milk Price Cuts First Milk has announced further price drops from 1st September. The four manufacturing pools will be paid 0.3ppl less than...
28 August 2015Monsanto Abandons Syngenta Bid After four months of negotiations and bids Monsanto has dropped its attempt to takeover Syngenta. This is after the Swiss-based company...
27 August 2015Scottish Rent Guidance Three organisations have come together to publish new guidelines on farm rents in Scotland. NFU Scotland, Scottish Land and Estates...
