1 May 2013 Snow Effects This March was the coldest in the UK since 1962 according to weather historians. The severe weather has been devastating...
1 May 2013 Scottish Beef Scheme Scottish cattle farmers should be receiving their payments under the Scottish Beef Scheme 2012. These are the first set of...
1 May 2013 GM Poultry Feed Tesco’s, Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and the Co-op have all announced they are to start permitting GM feed in poultry...
1 May 2013 Tesco’s British Pledge Following on from Tesco’s pledge to British farmers back in February, Kevin Grace, Tesco’s commercial and supply chain manager, has...
1 May 2013 Pig Margins BPEX has reported that pig margins have improved over the last quarter, but they remain negative for the average producer. ...
1 May 2013 We will be adding general information and website links that may be useful to subscribers below: For the latest DEFRA Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs&publication_filter_option=statistics
1 May 2013 Cider Production Cider producers are facing growing concerns over the continued cold weather. Currently the apple growing season is two and a...
30 April 2013 Farm Incomes Resilient in 2012 UK farm profits fell by 14% between 2011 and 2012. This is the headline figure from the latest Total Income from...
25 April 2013 DairyCo Report A report commissioned by DairyCo and undertaken by The Andersons Centre and the University of Nottingham has dispelled three common...
25 April 2013 Future English Hill Support The idea of amending the current three English SPS regions in order to provide more support to hill farmers seems...
24 April 2013 Farm Incomes – Scotland The Scottish Government has released information on two income measures; Total Income from Farming (TIFF) and the average Farm Business...
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...
