13 February 2014 Feed Firm Consolidation There has been further consolidation in the animal feed sector over the last few months. Firstly, NWF took over the...
11 February 2014 Farm Incomes 2013/14 Livestock farmers have seen higher profits over the last twelve months, whilst the fortunes of cropping businesses have generally declined. These results come...
11 February 2014 Scottish CAP Reform. Following the publication of the Scottish Government's consultation on CAP reform (see December article) a feisty debate has ensued. In...
11 February 2014 Friesian Farm Update The UK dairy industry is currently making reasonable returns. This looks set to continue through the 2014/15 milk year according...
11 February 2014 SPS 2014 The SPS Online system will be open to make 2014 claims from the 20th February. Paper forms will be sent...
11 February 2014 Glastir Update .We wrote last month about the launch of the consultation on the proposals for Glastir during the next RDP round. ...
11 February 2014 Bovine TB Wales As part of the Welsh Governemnt's bovine TB eradication programme it is introducing some new measures. All Welsh cattle keepers...
10 February 2014 EFA Update We wrote last month on the emerging detail of the Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) rules. This element of greening is...
6 February 2014 Pig Price Reporting In a blow to the industry, Cranswick has exited the Deadweight Average Pig Price (DAPP) reporting, removing up to30% of...
4 February 2014 Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme £10 million has been made available under the new round of the Farming and Forestry Improvement Scheme (FFIS). Grants of between...
4 February 2014 Welsh Resilience Report A review, conducted by Kevin Roberts, into the resilience of Welsh farming has been published. Mr Roberts is the former director...
31 January 2014 Scottish Farm Profitability Total Income from Farming (farm profitability) in Scotland improved by 16% in 2013 compared to the year before. The first...
31 January 2014 January Arable Update The grain market is in a lull, weighted down by a lack of supply and demand fundamentals and a series...
31 January 2014 Break Crop Relationships It is worth looking at the relative profitability of break crops because they are changing out of their ‘normal’ positions...
30 January 2014 Loam Farm Update Cereals profitability looks set to be static at best for harvest 2014, and could well be down slightly on returns...
30 January 2014 Arla Buys Westbury Site Arla Foods UK has announced it has purchased the freehold of the Westbury site. Receivers, Lloyds/HBOS have owned the site...
30 January 2014 Tractor Sales The latest report from the Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) reveals 2013 UK tractor registrations (over 50hp) were down by 10.4%...
30 January 2014 DEFRA Budget Cuts In its annual report on the performance of DEFRA, Parliament's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) has said the...
30 January 2014 UK Quota Will Not be Met Earlier in the month we reported on the UK milk production figures for December. At over 10% more than year...
30 January 2014 Sow Stall Ban Twelve months after the rules came into force and twelve years since the agreement was first made, France, Cyprus, Greece...
29 January 2014 Welsh TB Compensation Plans The Welsh government has launched a consultation on the introduction of a table valuation system for TB compensation. A similar system...
28 January 2014 Poultry Production DEFRA figures up to the end of 2013 show that UK broiler slaughterings were 2.8% higher in December 2013 than...
24 January 2014 Name NELMS DEFRA and Natural England are looking for industry help in coming up with a good name for England's new agri-environment scheme. ...
24 January 2014 Glastir Proposals 2014-2020 Proposals for Rural Development and Glastir during the next funding period (2014-2020) have been published. The Welsh Government proposes to:...
