Members Only 22 May 2017 Milk Market Results from the latest GDT auction reveal demand for dairy fats continues to be strong. The overall GDT price price To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 May 2017 Pesticides Vote The EU is set to vote on the criteria for identifying endocrine disruptors. Although this sounds highly technical,and not a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 May 2017 Nitrogen Prices The new-season nitrogen price has opened at a competitive level. For deliveries in the June to September period prices for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 May 2017 Trade Deal Case Affects Brexit Brexit may have just got a tiny bit easier, following a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 May 2017 Forecast Supplies of Beef & Lamb The table below contains the latest forecasts of supplies of beef and lamb from the AHDB. Echoing our comments made To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 May 2017 Election Pledge on Farm Support The Conservative Party has promised to keep spending on farm support at current levels until 2022. This is probably the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 May 2017 Organic Report The latest Organic Report from the Soil Association reveals the UK organic market continues its 5th consecutive year of growth. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 May 2017 LFASS Payments Payments from the national LFASS are being paid from the w/c 22nd May into farmers’ and crofters’ bank accounts. So To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 May 2017 Glyphosate Discussions with Member States are set to recommence on the possible renewal of Glyphosate, although the proposal looks likely to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 May 2017 BPS Changes & Late Submissions As the BPS deadline passes for another year, readers are reminded it is still possible to make a late application, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 May 2017 CSS Claim Deadline Extension Those who commenced a new Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreement at the start of this year will have an extra month to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 May 2017 Brexit Battlelines Drawn The remaining 27 Member States of the EU have agreed their negotiating position ahead of the Brexit talks. Heads of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 May 2017 Farm Productivity The productivity of the UK farming industry declined by 2.5% between 2015 and 2016. This finding comes from the Total To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 May 2017 Co-op Goes 100% British The Co-op has become the first national supermarket to source all of its fresh meat domestically. Most of the meat To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 April 2017 BPS 2017 Applications to the BPS in England are progressing reasonably smoothly. As of the 20th April, over 23,000 completed applications had been received To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 April 2017 CAP Consultation Responses The EU Commission has so far received over 175,000 responses to its consultation on the future of the CAP. It To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 April 2017 Meat Markets Update Finished prices for beef, lamb and pigmeat remain relatively robust. There has been no substantial shift in the value of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 April 2017 Ag. Chem Merger # 2 The EU Commission has given the green light for the proposed takeover by Chemchina of Syngenta. As expected the approval To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 April 2017 Glyphosate EU Farm Commissioner, Phil Hogan, has said he would like to re-authorise the use of Glyphosate for ‘at least 10 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 April 2017 Weetabix The iconic UK cereals firm, Weetabix, has been bought by the US company Post Holdings in a deal worth £1.4bn. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 April 2017 LEAF & FACE To Merge Farming charitable organisations, Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) and Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) have announced a proposed merger. If To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 April 2017 Delays to Farming & Environment Plans The Government’s long-awaited 25-year plans for Agriculture and the Environment look set to be delayed further. The two documents were To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 April 2017 Great Plains Announces Closure Great Plains has announced it will be closing its base in Sleaford, Lincolnshire. Production at the plant will discontinue this To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 April 2017 Modest Rise in 2016 Farm Incomes UK farm profits rose by 1.5% in real terms between 2015 and 2016. This is according to DEFRA’s first estimate To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.