17 April 2013 Sow Stall ban The National Pig Association has called for urgent action on countries flouting the sow stall ban, brought in on 1st...
17 April 2013 EU Budget The headline points of the agreement on the ‘Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014 to 2020 are as follows; Total...
17 April 2013 Modulation post-2013 The ‘new modulation’ at 15% does not have to be match-funded by national Treasuries. In practical terms this is likely...
17 April 2013 LFA Review Under CAP reform proposals the European Commission is proposing to replace Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) with ‘Areas with Natural Constraints’. ...
17 April 2013 New RDPE DEFRA and Natural England have started designing the agri-environment programme for England for the years after 2014. Work is underway...
17 April 2013 Welsh CAP Consultation We have previously reported on the ‘conversations’ that the Welsh Government has initiated on the subject of CAP reform. The...
17 April 2013 SPS 2013 Forms and Guidance The 2013 application season approaches. The SPS online has been unavailable for most of February to allow...
17 April 2013 Farm Incomes – England DEFRA has released its provisional estimates for Farm Business Income (FBI) by type of farm in England for 2012/13. It...
17 April 2013 CSF Grant Scheme Opens The application window for the 2013 Catchment Sensitive Farming Grant Scheme runs from 1st March to 30th April 2013. The...
9 April 2013 Meat Procurement Following the horsemeat scandal Tesco has pledged to source more of its food from the UK. Speaking at the NFU...
9 April 2013 Currency Movements – Apr ’13 Over recent weeks the Pound has weakened significantly against the Euro. As the chart shows, Sterling strengthened through the middle...
15 February 2013 Scottish New Entrants Scheme The Scottish Government has announced £2m of extra funding to support new entrants. It will go to those farmers who cannot...
12 February 2013 Test 2 DEFRA has been advised by the European Commission that a cattle vaccine for bovine TB is unlikely to be commercially...
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