15 May 2014French to Ban Day Time Spraying The French Agricultural Minister, Stephane Le Foll, has announced that he will introduce a new rule banning pesticide spraying during...
15 May 2014Concerns Grow Over Pig Virus The European Commission has tightened rules on plasma product imports following outbreaks of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PEDv) in America, Asia...
14 May 2014Global Milk Price Continues Down The latest Fonterra milk auction shows values continuing to slide. The latest sale, on the 20th May, saw the weighted...
13 May 2014Global Grain Forecasts The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published its first forecast of global grain output for harvest 2014. This...
13 May 2014Scottish Coupling Agreed After much confusion, it seems likely that Scotland will be allowed to link up to 13% of its BPS funds...
1 May 2014Surprising Farm Income Figures A rather surprising set of farm income figures just released calculates that UK agricultural profitability increased by 13% in real...
1 May 2014Scottish Farm Rents Increase by 13% Latest figures from the Scottish Government show a 13% increase in agricultural rental prices in 2013. Average rent for agricultural...
1 May 2014CAP Reform Purdah No announcements on the implementation of CAP reform are now expected from UK governments before the end of May. The...
30 April 2014GM Camelina Trial Field trials of a genetically modified (GM) camelina variety have been approved. To be undertaken at Rothamstead Research in Hertfordshire,...
30 April 2014Arable Update – Apr ’14 Listening to the weather reports from the main arable growing regions of the world could make you think you are...
29 April 2014More Using SPS Online Despite the issues faced accessing SPS online earlier in April, over 45,000 application have been made so far. Of these,...
29 April 2014AD Loan Fund Launched Significant loans will be available to support farm Anaerobic Digestion (AD) projects. Stage 2 of the On-Farm Anaerobic Digestion Fund, which is...
25 April 2014Moorland to recieve £26 per Ha boost DEFRA has announced that the Moorland region will receive around £26 per hectare more next year under the Basic Payment Scheme. ...
25 April 2014Arla Milk Price Drops Arla is to cut its co-op milk price by 1.27ppl. This is a result of a fall in the Arla amba EU-wide...
24 April 2014Phase Two of Flood Fund Opens DEFRA has announced grants of up to £35,000 will be made available to flood hit farmers under Phase Two of...
24 April 2014Milk Market Observatory Launched The European Commission has launched a European Milk Market Observatory. The Observatory will gather data on dairy prices, production and...
24 April 2014Meat Market Update Cattle Beef prices in the UK have seen a steady decline since October 2013. The expected upturn over the Christmas...
24 April 2014European Election Campaigning Begins Campaigning has already begun for the European Parliament elections. The first series of farming union meetings will take place over the...
23 April 2014Welsh NVZ Guidance Published Following changes to the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone regulation in Wales, which have been in force since 1st January 2014, the Welsh...
22 April 2014ES Payment Alignment and Cashflow From 1st January 2015 all existing Environmental Stewardship agreement holders will see their claim period being re-aligned to January to...
15 April 2014DEFRA 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 2014Domestic 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 2014AHDB 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 2014Scotland NVZ changes Scotland's Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) area could be reduced by 24% if new proposals are approved. Following a review by...
