Beef
Deadline approaching for 2018 Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme
Eligible farmers and crofters are reminded to apply to the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) before the deadline of...
Schemes
Agri-Business
Welsh Basic Payments to remain unchanged for an extra year
Welsh Rural Affairs Secretary Lesley Griffiths has confirmed Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) will remain unchanged for an extra year (2020)...
Agri Politics
Calls for Treasury to make bridging payments a part of the BPS
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has called on the Treasury to make annual January bridging payments for the...
Schemes
Norwich-based professor wins prestigious farming lecture award
A Professor at Norwich Business School has won the 2020 Nuffield Farming Lecture Award, which will see him address the...
Agri-Business
Grant funding on the way for computerised calf feeders
Farmers looking to get their hands on computerised calf feeders may soon be able do so, thanks to a new...
Agri-Business
£5,000 grants up for grabs for Midland farmers
Farmers in the Midlands can apply for a £5,000 environmental grant to help fund management and infrastructure changes that will...
Government
Advisory body to lay out fate of post-Brexit farm support
A newly-formed independent panel is set to look at how funding supports the needs of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern...
N.Ireland
UFU and DAERA come to CAP review agreement outside of court
Farmers in Northern Ireland will retain the right to have an independent review of their CAP application – but only...
N.Ireland
UFU and DAERA come to CAP review agreement outside of court
Farmers in Northern Ireland will retain the right to have an independent review of their CAP application – but only...
Agri-Business
Further £30 million granted for scheme to help farmers boost productivity
Further rounds of funding for a popular small grants scheme which helps farmers buy equipment to boost productivity and increase...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland gets European approval to increase advance payments
The decision to increase Northern Ireland’s rate of advance payments for 2018 from 50% to 70% of claim value has...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland gets European approval to increase advance payments
The decision to increase Northern Ireland’s rate of advance payments for 2018 from 50% to 70% of claim value has...
N.Ireland
Direct payments and Young Farmers’ Payment exchange rate confirmed
The exchange rate to be used to calculate 2018 direct payments and the Young Farmers’ Payment was announced by the...
Schemes
BPS payment exchange rate set for 2018
The euro exchange rate for calculating Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 payments has been set, the Department for Environment, Food...
N.Ireland
Direct payments and Young Farmers’ Payment exchange rate confirmed
The exchange rate to be used to calculate 2018 direct payments and the Young Farmers’ Payment was announced by the...
Grass
New forage measures secured for livestock farmers
Farmers affected by this summer’s dry weather will be able to avail of new fodder measures secured by the UK...
Schemes
BPS payments projected to be roughly similar to 2017
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments from Brussels are set to remain approximately the same this year as in 2017, according...
Schemes
Welsh farmers need RDP clarification - NFU Cymru
Urgent clarification is being sought over the deployment of Wales Rural Development Programme (RDP) funding, according to the Welsh National...
