9 April 2015Wales Stick to Deadline The Welsh Government has announced that it will not extended the BPS application deadline. In order to avoid delays in...
8 April 2015Farm Rents Increase Farm rents have increased for the 6th year in a row. The latest DEFRA statistics on farm rents in England...
8 April 2015BPS Form Mail-out The RPA has announced that pre-populated BPS forms in England will start to be sent out from Monday 13th April. ...
7 April 2015CSS Update The RPA has published a further update on the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme. This explains how the scheme works, what current...
1 April 2015Welsh BPS Proposals It looks increasingly likely that there will be a single region under the Welsh BPS - resulting in some significant...
31 March 2015Paper BPS Update The move back to paper BPS applications in England has inevitably thrown up some questions around the process. This article...
30 March 2015Glyphosate Study Criticised A report that has classified the widely used herbicide glyphosate as 'probably carcinogenic to humans' has been widely criticised. The...
30 March 2015Scottish Farm Incomes The Scottish Government has released figures on average profits by business type (Farm Business Income) for the 2013 crop year...
30 March 2015Scottish Beef Support Richard Lochhead, Scotland’s Rural Affairs Secretary, has announced a £45million beef support package under the Rural Development Programme. The package,...
30 March 2015Financial Discipline The EU Commission is proposing a rate of Financial Discipline of 1.39% for 2015. This mechanism reduces direct payments by...
30 March 2015Cross Border BPS Claims DEFRA has published Guidance for those that have land within more than one country of the UK and wish to claim...
27 March 2015Welsh Farm Incomes The Welsh Government has released figures on showing a fall in farm incomes between 2013 and 2014. The data covers aggregate...
27 March 2015UK Winter Planting Results As of 1st December 2014, according to the HGCA and devolved Government planting surveys, there was 6% less winter cereals...
27 March 2015Arable Outlook- March Exports have slowed, the Pound has strengthened, and the likely surplus at the end of the grain marketing season is...
27 March 2015Young/New Farmer Certification Form Published The long-awaited Certification Form for applications under the BPS in England is now available online. This form should be used for both...
27 March 2015More FEZ’s A further six Food Enterprise Zones (FEZ) have been announced. Central Bedfordshire, Gipping Valley and Orwel, Greater Norwich, North Somerset, Rydale...
27 March 2015CAP Deadline – Wales, Scotland, NI Following the announcement of the BPS application deadline being extended by a month in England it is worth looking at...
26 March 2015Dairy profitability – Mar ’15 As the 2014/15 milk year draws to a close, the latest figures from Friesian Farm show that the coming 12 months look set...
26 March 2015Dairy Update – Mar ’15 Global Markets The GDT auction price took a substantial step backwards at the latest sale on the 17th March. After...
25 March 2015CSS Priority Statements Those wishing to apply to the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) can now see the local 'Statements of Priorities'. All...
25 March 2015Rural grants available. One of the strands of the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) is the Growth Programme. As the name suggests,...
25 March 2015BP5 Form Published Following the announcement that 2015 Basic Payment applications would be made on paper the RPA has published the blank BP5...
19 March 2015Budget 2015 The Chancellor, George Osborne unveiled his 6th Budget on the 18th March. With less than two months to go until...
19 March 2015Commission Allows BPS Extension The European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has today (19th March) confirmed that Member States will be allowed an extension to...
