8 January 2015First Milk Delay Payments Struggling First Milk has hit members with three announcements to try to alleviate its cash flow problems. Firstly it has...
6 January 2015New AHDB Chief Executive Jane King, former editor of the Farmers Weekly, has been appointed Chief Executive of the Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB). ...
6 January 2015Eblex Grant The Eblex Better Returns Programme (BRP) is inviting applications for its latest round of Eblex Farmer Innovation Grants (FIGs). A...
23 December 2014Pig Disease Reaches Europe The highly virulent Asian-American Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) has been confirmed in Ukraine. The virus, which has wiped out...
23 December 2014Oil Market Anyone who has watched the news over the past couple of weeks is likely to have seen stories about the oil...
23 December 2014December Arable Update – Dec ’14 Here is a chart showing the movement of wheat price for 2014 and 2015 harvests for delivery next month (January...
19 December 2014More CAP Detail The latest (and last) CAP Update for England has been published by DEFRA. it can be found at - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cap-reform-december-2014-update. ...
18 December 2014Scottish Active Farmer Rules The Scottish Government has released revised Active Farmer rules. These relate to minimum activity levels and represent a simplification of...
18 December 2014Scottish Cross Compliance and NVZs The 2015 cross-compliance changes for Scotland have been published. The rules come intoforce from 1st January, key changes include; Zero-tolerance...
18 December 2014Scotland’s Rural Development Programme Richard Lochhead, Rural Affairs Secretary, has published details on the new Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP). Applications for some of...
17 December 2014Welsh EID The Welsh Government has announced it will be delaying the roll out of the electronic system to record sheep movements...
17 December 2014RDP Approval Commences The European Commission has approved the first three Rural Development Programmes which will operate over the next seven years. The...
17 December 2014Milk Production UK milk production looks to be easing. Latest figures from the RPA report deliveries for November stood at 1,117.4 million...
16 December 2014Tax Guidance for Quotas HMRC has published guidance on 'negligible value' claims for assets under the Common Agricultural Policy. This relates to possible losses...
16 December 2014Recommended List 2015/16 Twenty eight new cereal and oilseed rape varieties have been added to the 2015/16 HGCA Recommended lists. For winter wheat six...
16 December 2014Farmer Confidence Falls The 5th annual Farmer Confidence survey has revealed a drop in short term optimism in the industry. Over half of respondents stated...
16 December 2014Medium Term Prospects for EU Agriculture The EU Commission has released its latest report on the medium-term outlook for the major EU agricultural commodity markets and...
16 December 2014Meat Markets Beef Since the low point in July, when the all steer deadweight price fell to 326.9p per kg, the farmgate...
15 December 2014The Cost of Greening AHDB has tried to quantify the economic impact of the new Greening rules. The figures in the table below were...
15 December 2014Record Payments From RPA The RPA has made more payments than ever before on the first day of the payment window. The Agency paid out...
15 December 2014More 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 2014Next BPS Guidance It seems likely that the next (and final) CAP Update booklet from DEFRA will be sent out between Christmas and...
15 December 2014Welsh 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 2014CAPIS Registration update The registration roll out to Agents of the new CAPIS claims system has now begun in earnest. Some readers will...
