15 April 2014 DEFRA Regulation Reform The Farming Regulation Task Force was set up in July 2010 under Richard Macdonald to try and reduce the red-tape...
15 April 2014 Domestic RHI Launched The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) pays participants to generate and use renewable sources to heat buildings. The RHI was launched in...
14 April 2014 Greening and Double Funding It seems possible that features entered into a Stewardship agreement may also be able to count towards greening after all. ...
14 April 2014 AHDB Job for Kendall Following on from his appointment as President of the World Farmers’ Organisation, Peter Kendal has taken up the position of...
14 April 2014 Scotland NVZ changes Scotland's Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) area could be reduced by 24% if new proposals are approved. Following a review by...
14 April 2014 Tractor Sales Up Figures from the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) show a 9.6% increase in tractor registrations (>50hp) in the first quarter of...
11 April 2014 Hovis Switches Back To British Hovis has announced that it will return to using 100% British wheat in some of its products from next month,...
11 April 2014 New Sheep Movement System The new Animal Reporting and Movement service (ARAMS) was launched on 1st April 2014. The system, provided by SouthWestern takes...
11 April 2014 Partnership Launched To Increase Wheat Yields A new international partnership aims to increase wheat yield by 50% by 2034 in response to the growing demand for...
11 April 2014 Best Milk Production since 2004/05 UK milk production stood at 13.67 billion litres for the year ending March 2014, this is highest since the 2004/05...
11 April 2014 Solar PV Strategy The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published the first UK Solar PV Strategy. In June 2013 the...
9 April 2014 Fertiliser Practice Survey The British Survey of Fertiliser Practice, which surveys around 1,500 farms, has been published. Weather had a major impact on...
4 April 2014 EFA Delegated Act Revised Protein crops may be more valuable in terms of greening after a change of position by the European Commission. The EC has...
4 April 2014 Kendall becomes President of the World The former NFU President, Peter Kendall, has been appointed President of the Rome-based World Farmers Organisation. The Organistation aims to...
4 April 2014 Scottish Farm Incomes Fall. The Scottish Government has released figures on average profits by business type (Farm Business Income) for the 2012 crop year...
4 April 2014 Agri-Tech Catalyst Projects Funded DEFRA has announced funding for 11 projects as part of the Agri-Tech Catalyst, designed to support research institutes, businesses and...
4 April 2014 TB Strategy Unveiled DEFRA have unveiled their strategy for achieving TB free status in the UK. A total of 32,620 cattle were slaughtered...
3 April 2014 No Additional Coupling for Scotland Scotland has been denied their request to use some of the rest of the UK 's coupled allowance. In a...
27 March 2014 Financial Discipline for 2014 Single Payments for 2014 may fall by more than previously forecast. Proposals from the EU Commission suggest that 'Financial Discipline'...
27 March 2014 Dairy Update Milk Price Wars The big news in the dairy sector this month has been the outbreak of a new supermarket...
27 March 2014 March Arable Update The markets are now mostly focussed on new crop grain, with only a small proportion of the old crop remaining. ...
26 March 2014 UK Winter Planting Results The area planted to winter cereals and oilseeds in the UK has increased by 13.5% compared to the 2013 harvest...
26 March 2014 Opportunities in LEADER The farming industry has not generally engaged with the LEADER programme up until now. However, it may be a more...
24 March 2014 Rent Levels The latest DEFRA statistics on farm rents in England reveal the average rental value under Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancies...
