20 February 2015 Pound Strengthens The Pound has continued to strengthen against the Euro over the last few weeks - largely as a result of...
20 February 2015 Drones The use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as they are more properly known, is growing in agriculture. It...
20 February 2015 FERA Privatised The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) is to be part-privatised. The Government research facility, based in York, provides scientific...
20 February 2015 Labour Pledges Badger Cull Halt The Labour Party will make a manifesto promise to halt the culling of badgers to control bovine TB. It will...
20 February 2015 RDPE Approved The Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) has been approved by the EU. The set of schemes, worth a little...
20 February 2015 Dairy Markets Global Markets There is some optimism that global milk commodity values may have turned a corner. The latest GDT (Fonterra)...
18 February 2015 BPS Online New functionality has been added to the online Rural Payments system. In addition to checking personal and business details and...
13 February 2015 Food Enterprise Zones Grants of up to £50,000 will be available to set up Food Enterprise Zones in a new DEFRA initiative. The...
9 February 2015 Scotland BPS ‘cap’ It seems that Scotland are to introduce a 'full cap' of the Basic Payment at €600,000. Discussions had previously centred...
4 February 2015 Welsh Ag Education Review A review lead by Professor Wynne Jones into how learning is delivered in further education colleges providing Level 3 Agriculture...
30 January 2015 Supermarkets Could Be Fined Measures that will give the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) the power to fine supermarkets for breaching the GroceriesCode have been laid...
30 January 2015 Farm Incomes in England 2014/15 Over the past 12 months profits have generally remained static or declined across many sectors of English agriculture. These results come...
30 January 2015 Rural Payments – New ‘Funcionality’ The RPA's 'Rural Payment' computer system is to get an upgrade. As from the 2nd February (if things go to...
30 January 2015 Grain Market Update The International Grains Council updated its 2014/15 grain harvest forecast last week. It has been gradually edging up its figures...
29 January 2015 Loam Farm Update Ahead of the CropTec show at Peterborough on the 19th and 20th November, the figures for Andersons Loam Farm have...
29 January 2015 Increase in GM Area Latest figures from the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) show that the global area planted to...
29 January 2015 Scottish Tenancy Review The Agricultural Holdings Legislation Review Group published its final report on Tuesday 27th January. The report is described as 'bold...
29 January 2015 What Gives Farmers the Edge? A report, 'The Best British Farmers - What Gives them the Edge?' produced by The Andersons Centre was presented at...
29 January 2015 Meadow Farm Update The figures for Meadow Farm have been updated ahead of Andersons Spring Seminars in February and March. Budgets for next year show...
29 January 2015 Dairy Roundup It has been a difficult month for all in the dairy industry with some still coming to terms with the...
28 January 2015 Scottish Farm Incomes The profitability of Scottish farming is estimated to have dropped 18% in real terms in 2014 compared to 2013. Total Income...
28 January 2015 Scottish CAP Update The Scottish Government has made further announcements on the implementation of the BPS. Entitlements - 2013 Limit It had been...
20 January 2015 BPS Update Online Applications There is increasing industry concern about the online application process in England. Timetables are slipping which is making...
16 January 2015 Scottish Greening The Scottish Government has announced a few 'tweaks' to the Greening rules. These are contained in an updated booklet on...
