1 May 2013April Arable Update – May ’13 UK Plantings This time last year we commented on the ‘excellent spring drilling conditions through to mid April coupled with...
1 May 2013Global Crop Areas The International Grains Council (IGC) has published its first forecasts of the global supply and demand for the 2013 harvest. ...
1 May 2013Neonicotinoid Ban A European Commission proposal for a partial ban on neonicotinoid insecticides on certain crops attractive to bees did not gain...
1 May 2013Ensus Closure Early in April the Ensus bioethanol plant in Teesside announced closure for the third time. The company announced that the...
1 May 2013April Dairy Update Production Stays Low UK milk production fails to show any sign of recovery. Figures from the RPA report deliveries in...
1 May 2013DairyCo Reports DairyCo MilkBench+ Report Controlling costs and ensuring you are on the correct production system for your milk contract are the...
1 May 2013Snow Effects This March was the coldest in the UK since 1962 according to weather historians. The severe weather has been devastating...
1 May 2013Scottish Beef Scheme Scottish cattle farmers should be receiving their payments under the Scottish Beef Scheme 2012. These are the first set of...
1 May 2013GM 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 2013Tesco’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 2013Pig Margins BPEX has reported that pig margins have improved over the last quarter, but they remain negative for the average producer. ...
1 May 2013We 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 2013Cider Production Cider producers are facing growing concerns over the continued cold weather. Currently the apple growing season is two and a...
30 April 2013Farm 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 2013DairyCo Report A report commissioned by DairyCo and undertaken by The Andersons Centre and the University of Nottingham has dispelled three common...
25 April 2013Future 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 2013Farm Incomes – Scotland The Scottish Government has released information on two income measures; Total Income from Farming (TIFF) and the average Farm Business...
24 April 2013SPS 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 2013Single Payment Update 2012 Payments Almost all 2012 SPS payments have now been made. The RPA has announced that, as of the end...
18 April 2013Neonicotionoid Ban The European Commission has proposed a partial ban on the use of four neonicotinoids used on flowering crops that are...
18 April 2013Sugar Quota Regime MEPs have voted to extend the sugar quota regime until 2020. But DEFRA has called for the Commission to end...
18 April 2013Horsemeat Scandal The horsemeat scandal continues to rumble on, albeit not quite making the headline news it commanded for nearly a month. ...
18 April 2013Februrary Dairy Update Arla Contracts Arla Foods has launched a new milk supply contract which is believed to be the first fully compliant...
