19 March 2015BPS Online System Abandoned The RPA has announced the on-line Rural Payments system will not be used for this year's BPS applications. Apart from...
18 March 2015Farm Practices Survey The Farm Practices Survey, conducted in October asked over 6,000 farmers about their understanding of the BPS Greening rules and...
18 March 2015BPS Extension Possible Obviously the problems with the Rural Payments system are ongoing (still no mapping functionality as of today). It is reported...
18 March 2015Countryside Stewardship Funding DEFRA has announced that £7.2 million will be available to assist farmers wanting to work together on landscape-scale Countryside Stewardship...
12 March 2015BPS Mapping Guide The long awaited clarification on mapping grass margins has finally arrived and, as hoped, there will be no requirement to map grass...
9 March 2015Relaxation in GAEC 7 rules in Scotland After lobbying from NFU Scotland, the Scottish Government has relaxed the rules around cultivations within 2m of a hedge. The...
9 March 2015Countryside Productivity Scheme Detailed guidance on Countryside Productivity grants has now been published online (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/countryside-productivity-scheme). There are two types of grants. Small grants,...
5 March 2015Welsh SAF 2015 Rules Booklet The Welsh Government has published their '2015 Single Application Rules Booklet'. Although payment regions and the transitional period are still...
3 March 2015Arable Outlook- February We have commented in previous months how there is lots of wheat and barley the in UK to export this...
2 March 2015December Survey – Livestock The results from the December Survey of Agriculture for the UK and each of the devolved regions have now been...
26 February 2015Active Farmer Scotland The Scottish Statutory Instrument (SSI) on CAP rules has been laid before Parliament, the SSI includes further details about Active...
26 February 20152015 Meat Market Following the AHDB’s annual conference in February, it has released its latest forecasts for 2015 and 2016. Beef Ascan be...
26 February 2015Long Term Arable Prospects The USDA has published its annual long-term projections for the agricultural sector. The report shows positive demand and trade in...
25 February 2015RDPEUpdate Following the approval of the RDPE programme, DEFRA have published another CAP Update covering funding under Pillar 2 - Rural...
25 February 2015BPS Updates Guidance RPA has published the final guidance handbook for the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme. This booklet incorporates and, in some...
25 February 2015Welsh CAP Update Following the judicial review to abandon the Moorland region it seems that the Welsh Government has fallen even further behind...
25 February 2015Pig Unit Refused The Environment Agency has rejected an application for an Environmental Permit for a planned large scale pig farm at Foston,...
25 February 2015Organic Sales Up The Soil Associations Organic Market Report 2015 shows that sales or organic products have increased by 4% during 2014 with...
23 February 2015Woodland Capital Grants The Woodland Capital Grants scheme opened on the 17th February 2015. The scheme is available for woodland creation, woodland management...
23 February 2015Loam Farm Update – Feb ’15 Andersons Loam Farm figures have been updated to reflect the latest costs and prices. It shows that the 2015 harvest...
20 February 2015Drones The use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as they are more properly known, is growing in agriculture. It...
20 February 2015FERA Privatised The Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) is to be part-privatised. The Government research facility, based in York, provides scientific...
20 February 2015Labour 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 2015RDPE Approved The Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) has been approved by the EU. The set of schemes, worth a little...
