3 June 2015Scottish 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 2015Agriculture in the UK – Jun ’15 The latest edition of 'Agriculture in the UK' has been published. It is produced by DEFRA's Statistics section and includes...
27 May 2015Scottish RDP Approved The Scottish Rural Development Programme has been formally approved by the European Commission. The approval will now allow for final...
27 May 2015Scottish Agricultural Wages A consultation has been launched on the future of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board. The consultation asks whether the Board...
27 May 2015Global Grain Forecasts The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) published its first forecast of global grain output for harvest 2015 on the...
27 May 2015Loam Farm Budgets In preparation for the Cereals Event the Andersons' Loam Farm Model has been updated. Loam Farm is a notional business,...
27 May 2015CAP Simplification – May ’15 Plans are being prepared in Brussels to simplify the workings of the Common Agricultural Policy. On taking up his post...
22 May 2015Tesco 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 2015Another Budget. Following their surprise General Election win, the new Conservative Government has announced that it will present another Budget. The Budget...
22 May 2015No 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 2015N Prices Drop Some positive news for farm margins has arrived with the announcement of nitrogen fertiliser prices for the coming year. The...
22 May 2015Scottish 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 2015Hedgecutting Derogation One of the changes in the English cross-compliance rules for this year is the extension of the end of the...
22 May 2015Milk 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 2015BPS Update – May ’15 With now less than a month to go before the application deadline for the BPS in England, the RPA has...
13 May 2015Truss Stays On Following the Conservatives victory in the General Election David Cameron has announced his Ministerial team. The main appointments with a...
13 May 2015Welsh Wages Order The Welsh Government has launched a consultation proposing an interim Agricultural Wages Order. Two options are proposed; the Welsh Government...
13 May 2015Vivergo 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 2015Monsanto 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 2015BPS Rush Latest figures from the UK administrations show that there is a long way to go with BPS applications. With just a...
8 May 2015Conservative Election Victory and Farming Following the surprise Conservative victory in the General Election, thoughts are turning to what this might mean for farming and...
8 May 2015Record Beet Yield The 2014 beet crop resulted in the highest ever average yield. Final results for last year (2014-15 campaign) show that total...
6 May 2015Record Wheat Shipment In a much-needed development, Gleadell is set to complete one of the largest ever export cargoes of wheat. A ship...
6 May 2015GDT Dairy Auction Falls Again Global dairy commodity prices continue on their downwards trend. The latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction onthe 5th May saw the...
