15 July 2013 Increase in Snow Payments DEFRA has announced that payments to English farmers whose sheep were killed by the heavy March snows will be increased. ...
15 July 2013 Biofuels U-turn The EU has been a strong supporter of biofuels over the past decade. However, there has been a change of direction more...
15 July 2013 Capping Confusion to Continue The issue of whether direct payments will face 'capping' under the reformed CAP remains unresolved, and may continue to be...
15 July 2013 Rural Development Schemes in 2014 General The delay in agreeing CAP reform means that it will not be possible to get new Rural Development programmes...
15 July 2013 Welsh CAP Plans Plans for implementing CAP reform in Wales are due to be formally announced at the Royal Welsh Show on the...
15 July 2013 Vivergo Officially Opens The Vivergo bio-ethanol plant on Humberside has been officially opened by Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business Innovation...
10 July 2013 Bovine TB Strategy Launched DEFRA has launched an ambitious strategy to rid England of bovine TB within 25 years, with much of England free...
10 July 2013 CAP Legislation In our report on the CAP deal we stated that the legislative texts (Council Regulations) outlining the details of the...
10 July 2013 EU / US Trade Talks Begin Talks to create the largest free-trade area in the world began on the 8th July. Negotiators from the EU and...
9 July 2013 Future of Farming Review The whole farming industry needs to work harder to attract new talent into the sector. This is the conclusion of...
9 July 2013 English Woodland Grant Scheme Deadlines As the current Rural Development round of funding ends on 31st December 2013, approval for all woodland grants (apart from...
9 July 2013 Upturn in Beef and Sheep Returns The past year has been extremely challenging for mixed beef and sheep businesses, but the outlook for 2013/14 looks much...
8 July 2013 Renewable Heat Incentive The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) was introduced in November 2011. As we wrote in our April Bulletin, the domestic element...
8 July 2013 Farm Death Toll Down Annual Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures show that the number of fatal injuries to agricultural workers and farmers has...
5 July 2013 Livestock Event 2013 Livestock 2013 attracted 9,130 visitors to the NEC on Wednesday 3rd July. After criticism of the change from its previous...
5 July 2013 Sainsbury’s 100% British Pork Major retailer, Sainsbury's, has announced a move to 100% British for its fresh pork. It aims for all stores to...
4 July 2013 Croatia Joins the EU Croatia became the 28th member of the EU on the 1st July. The Balkans state has been in negotiations...
4 July 2013 Potato Plantings 2013 Almost invariably, potato plantings rise in the season following one with high prices. But this has not been the case...
2 July 2013 Campaign for the Farmed Environment The Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) launched a new booklet at this years Cereals Event. The booklet contained advice...
27 June 2013 Cereals 2013 The numbers of people attending Cereals this year was reportedly up by a mere 50 compared with last year to...
27 June 2013 Milk Prices Rather surprisingly the UK average farmgate milk price for May fell (by 0.27ppl) for the first time since the start...
27 June 2013 Market Management Mechanisms Ditched A new supply management tool backed by the European Parliament has been rejected in the CAP reform negotiations (see Newsflash...
27 June 2013 Changes toGrandfather Rights The current exemption under 'Grandfather Rights' for spray operators will end on 26th November 2015. Currently those born before 31st...
