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First Milk's chairman, Jim Paice, has announced that he will step down from his role.  First Milk has also announced...

The decline in the area of organic land in the UK continued in 2014, for the sixth year in a row. ...

With the dust settling on applications for the Basic Payment Scheme in England there are some issues that applicants may...

The soybean is dominant in the oilseed market and price movements in that market usually indicate the direction of prices this side of...

Production Latest UK daily milk deliveries for the two weeks ending 6th June show production remains strong.  At 43.6 million...

For the forth year running the public's opinion of farmers has improved.  According to the OnePoll survey, 68% of people...

Honouring a Election Manifesto pledge, the Conservative Government has announced its intention to end subsidies for onshore wind farms from...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Muller's proposed acquisition of Dairy Crest's Dairy (i.e. liquid milk) division...

The Latvian Presidency has managed to negotiate a compromise of the revision of EU organic rules.  There have been two...

A suspected case of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) has been identified in Ireland.  The five year-old cow, which had not...

Visitor numbers to the 2015 Cereals Event fell by around 2% to 24,500.  For 2016 the event will return to...

The extended BPS deadline for applications without penalty passed on midnight on the 15th June for farmers in Scotland and England. ...

DEFRA will face cuts of a further £83 million from its 2015/16 budget as part of wider government austerity plans. ...

July marksthe start of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) application window.  Applications must be submitted between July and September although...

An independent review has been undertaken into the delivery of Glastir Advanced. The review, undertaken by Geoff Radley (consultant), Leuan...

Environmental Stewardship Claim Forms must be submitted by 15th June, however we have been informed that the address on the...

The total number of Single Application Forms submitted in Wales was 17,063.  Just 105 forms were submitted after the deadline...

With quotas now removed, Irish milk production is surging ahead - despite the very low dairy prices.  Figures form the...

The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction on the 2nd June provided no optimism for hard-pressed dairy farmers.  Prices followed...

The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has proposed that the standard rate should increase by 1.4% as from 1st October.  Workers...

The Welsh Government has set out a 'Strategic Framework for Welsh Agriculture'.  This has been produced in consultation with the...

ELS agreement holders will not be required to record livestock numbers on a field-by-field basis.  Natural England wrote to around...

Only a little over a third of English farms have a firm plan for passing the business on.  A survey...

Ahead of the Livestock Event on the 8th and 9th of July, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm model.  As...