25 September 2014 BPS Update DEFRA intends to send out its next CAP information leaflet towards the end of October, but in the meantime a few...
25 September 2014 Forestry Statistics 2014 The Forestry Commission has published their latest set of figures. The report shows that 13,000 Ha of new woodland have...
25 September 2014 BPS and Organic Farms As is widely known, land registered as organic (including in conversion) is deemed to automatically meet the Greening requirement. Full...
19 September 2014 Cross-compliance Breaches The RPA has released its cross -compliance statistics for 2013. The number of failures has increased by more than 50%...
19 September 2014 ELS Greening Reductions Published As we have previously stated, the EU does not allow double funding; that is getting paid twice for the same...
19 September 2014 Wage Rates Minimum Wage New National Minimum Wage rates apply across the UK from the 1st October, with the basic level rising 3%. The...
19 September 2014 Food Statistics Pocketbook 2014 The annual Food Statistics Pocketbook has been released by DEFRA. The publication provides a roundup of the social, environmental and...
19 September 2014 Beet Contract Cuts Sugar beet growers will see their Contact Tonnage Entitlement (CTE) cut by 9% for the 2015 crop. As we reported...
19 September 2014 June Survey Livestock Numbers The June Survey of Agriculture shows that beef and pig herds in England declined between 2013 and 2014. However, the...
18 September 2014 Environmental Stewardship Closes Natural England has announced new applications to the ELS, OELS and UELS will not be accepted after 26th September 2014. ...
18 September 2014 New Online BPS System All will be aware that come next May, it won't be the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) but the Basic Payment...
16 September 2014 Euro Conversion Rate Farmers may have been eagerly watching the £/€ exchange rate through September so far, to see at what level their...
16 September 2014 Food Prices at Four-Year Low World food prices have fallen to a four-year low. In August the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Food Price Index dropped to...
15 September 2014 EU Fruit Aid Suspended The European Commission has suspended its €125m emergency aid fund, which was set up to help perishable fruit and vegetable...
15 September 2014 Bumper OSR Crop A bumper European oilseed rape crop is expected to see a 5-year low in imports. The EU is expected to...
12 September 2014 Freedom Foods Rebranded The RSPCA's Freedom Foods will be re-branded to 'RSPCA Assured' after concerns that consumers do not recognise or know what...
12 September 2014 NVZ Grassland Derogation 2015 The application window for the NVZ grassland derogation is now open for the 2015 year. The usual 'manure loading limit'...
8 September 2014 Ciolos Out, Hogan In Dacian Ciolos has been replaced as EU Farm Commissioner by the Irishman, Phil Hogan. The full 28-person line-up was announced by the...
8 September 2014 Hedges and EFA One of the major remaining unknowns in the English Greening rules is the treatment of hedges under the Ecological Focus...
5 September 2014 Arla Invest in Whey Milk processor, Arla have announced a €38m whey processing facility will be built next to its existing plant in Videbæk,...
5 September 2014 Big Beet Harvest The 2014 sugar beet harvest is getting underway shortly, with a record crop predicted. The Wissington and Newark factories open...
5 September 2014 Dairy Profitability With UK milk prices falling rapidly, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm Model to illustrate the effect on dairy farm profitability. ...
4 September 2014 Further Greening Rules for Wales The Welsh Government has published further information on how the Greening measures will work in Wales. The latest booklet - 'Your...
