15 December 2014 More Spending Cuts for DEFRA Following the Chancellors Autumn Statement the Office of Budget Responsibility has forecast that by 2019/20 public spending would fall to...
15 December 2014 Next BPS Guidance It seems likely that the next (and final) CAP Update booklet from DEFRA will be sent out between Christmas and...
15 December 2014 Welsh Moorland Region U-turn Confusion reigns in Wales regarding the implementation of the BPS. The Welsh Government has been forced to abandon its plans...
11 December 2014 Endocrine Disruptor Report A report, commissioned by the AHDB, has highlighted the economic impact EU plans to introduce new criteria to determine endocrine...
11 December 2014 CAPIS Registration update The registration roll out to Agents of the new CAPIS claims system has now begun in earnest. Some readers will...
11 December 2014 Cross Compliance 2015 DEFRA has published its new guidance on Cross Compliance. This can be found online at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-compliance-guidance-for-2015 and claimants will also...
10 December 2014 Scottish Land Reform The Scottish Government is consulting on the future of Land Reform in Scotland. This follows the recommendations from the Land...
10 December 2014 Supply Trade Restructure Countrywide Farmers is to sell its animal feed andarable businesses, to concentrate on running its retail operation. The livestock feed...
9 December 2014 Policy Issues for 2015 As 2014 draws to a close it seems a good time to look forward to some of the policy issues...
9 December 2014 Milk Prices There doesn't seem to be any Christmas cheer for UK dairy producers as farmgate prices continue to fall. DEFRA's latest...
9 December 2014 New on-line CAP System for Scotland The Scottish Government has posted three short videos on its website to guide farmers, crofters and agents through the introduction...
8 December 2014 Farm Incomes Rise in 2013 DEFRA has released some surprising farm income figures for the 2013 year. The first estimate of Total Income from Farming (TIFF)...
5 December 2014 New Cross Compliance Guidance DEFRA has published new Cross-compliance Guidance for the 2015 BPS Scheme Year. This can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-compliance-guidance-for-2015. Also available...
5 December 2014 Autumn Statement The Chancellor's Autumn Statement on the 3rd December contained little to excite the farming industry, or indeed the wider population. With...
27 November 2014 CAPIS Rollout After several weeks of testing the system with a small number of agents and customers, the RPA is now starting...
26 November 2014 Potato Output 2014 The AHDB (Potato Council) has published its provisional estimate of total GB potato production for 2014. This is put at 5.71...
26 November 2014 November Arable Update It is worth our while reminding ourselves just why grain prices have fallen so far since the high points in...
26 November 2014 BPS Update Our article last month reported on the new information contained in the October CAP Update from DEFRA. Now the dust...
26 November 2014 Stocktake Report 2013/14 EBLEX has released its latest benchmarking figures for English beef and sheep enterprises in the 2014 Stocktake Report. These relate...
26 November 2014 Welsh CAP Roundup The Welsh Government has published a CAP Reform Q&A, this can be found at http://wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/farmingandcountryside/farming/schemes/basic-payment-scheme/q-and-a-for-farmers-landowners-on-cap-reform-from-2015/?lang=en. Whilst much was already known,...
25 November 2014 Wales Survey of Agriculture The Welsh Assembly has released its estimates for the June 2014 Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture. Headline figures include a...
25 November 2014 Wales Farm Income Booklet The latest Wales Farm Income Booklet has been published this week by Aberystwyth University. The booklet contains the results from...
25 November 2014 Milk Production & Prices Provisional figures from the RPA show production continues to out perform year-earlier levels. Milk deliveries for October stood at 1,155.4 million litres,...
25 November 2014 Countryside Stewardship Details DEFRA has released more information on its new agri-environmental scheme - the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS). The 'Introducing Countryside Stewardship' document...
