24 April 2013 SPS Payment Cuts for 2013 and 2014 No sooner had we written in the last Bulletin about possible cuts in the 2013 Single Payment, than an official statement outlining...
23 April 2013 Single Payment Update 2012 Payments Almost all 2012 SPS payments have now been made. The RPA has announced that, as of the end...
18 April 2013 Rural Training DEFRA is giving a boost to rural training through the current Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). Two initiatives have...
18 April 2013 Land Prices The latest Rural Land Market Survey shows farmland values continue to rise to record levels. The Survey, conducted by the...
18 April 2013 Februrary Arable Market Customs data shows UK wheat imports since the start of the grain marketing year (1st July) far ahead of exports. ...
18 April 2013 Global Gm Areas For the first time since GM crops were introduced developing countries have grown a larger area than industrialised counties. Developing...
18 April 2013 Uk Biofuel Land Use New statistics released by DEFRA show that around 1.8% of UK arable land in 2010/11 was grown for biofuel and...
18 April 2013 Neonicotionoid Ban The European Commission has proposed a partial ban on the use of four neonicotinoids used on flowering crops that are...
18 April 2013 Sugar Quota Regime MEPs have voted to extend the sugar quota regime until 2020. But DEFRA has called for the Commission to end...
18 April 2013 Horsemeat Scandal The horsemeat scandal continues to rumble on, albeit not quite making the headline news it commanded for nearly a month. ...
18 April 2013 Februrary Dairy Update Arla Contracts Arla Foods has launched a new milk supply contract which is believed to be the first fully compliant...
18 April 2013 CAP Reform News A fair amount of progress on CAP reform has been made this month. This looks positive for a ‘political’ agreement...
18 April 2013 Upland Payments Uplands Transitional Payment (UTP) The payment rates for the 2013 Uplands Transitional Payments (UTP) have been set. Upland beef and...
18 April 2013 March Arable Markets The grain markets have been steadily bearish over the last month, despite nothing in the UK of note really starting...
18 April 2013 Cropped Areas The area planted to winter cereals and oilseeds in the UK has fallen by 18% compared to the 2012 harvest...
18 April 2013 Crops for Biofuels From 1st April crops entering the biofuel market must demonstrates that Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG) associated with their cultivation are...
18 April 2013 March Dairy Update Dairy Crest Formula Formula milk pricing has moved out of dedicated supermarket supply sector into the ‘mainstream’ with the launch...
18 April 2013 Milk Production UK milk production continues to slide. Figures from the RPA show deliveries in February fell to just 976 million litres,...
18 April 2013 Dairy Closure The Saputo dairy in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire is to close. The facility which is Canadian-owned produces mozzarella cheese for the...
18 April 2013 Meat Market 2013 Beef As the farmgate beef price continues at record levels, the AHDB/EBLEX has released its 2013 forecasts for the UK...
18 April 2013 Bovine TB Update Following the postponed culls in autumn 2012, Natural England has confirmed that West Gloucestershire and West Somerset have met all...
18 April 2013 Schmallenberg Virus The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has confirmed it is considering an application by MSD for a vaccine against the Schmallenberg...
18 April 2013 Dairy Strategy The NFU has urged the industry to adopt a clear strategy to develop the sector. To this end it has...
