Agri-Business
Flood-hit farmers can now apply to £6 million fund
A £6 million fund to support farmers seriously affected by February’s floods has opened for applications. The latest application round...
Schemes
N.Ireland
International dairy product markets to come under pressure throughout 2020
According to Rabobank, the upward trajectory in global dairy product prices, visible in the fourth quarter of 2019, has stalled...
Agri-Business
Amendments made Traunches 3 and 4 of NI’s Environmental Farming Scheme
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister has announced that Tranches 3 and 4 of the delayed Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) will now proceed...
N.Ireland
English farmers’ BPS payments to reduce by between 5% and 25% in 2021
English farmers are set to see their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments cut by between 5% and 25% as of...
N.Ireland
NI agriculture minister confirms £293 million in direct payments
Northern Ireland’s new agriculture minister Edwin Poots has confirmed that farmers there will share £293 million in direct payments for...
Agri-Business
Watch: 5ac of greens in 55m²? No imports…hyper-local food
Two re-purposed shipping containers, fitted with a ‘Farmony’ – 55m² in size, can produce 55,000 heads of lettuce per year or...
Schemes
Stable CAP 2021 budget ‘crucial’ for young EU farmers
A stable budget for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in 2021 – and beyond – is essential for European farmers,...
Arable
Hemp production programme established in the US
The establishment of the US Domestic Hemp Production Program was announced this week by the US secretary of agriculture, Sonny...
Schemes
£22 million awarded to farmers in Productivity Small Grants Scheme
More than 3,600 farmers are set to benefit from £22 million of productivity-boosting equipment from round two of the Government’s...
Schemes
EU commissioner designate for agriculture undergoes another grilling from MEPs
The European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee has completed its second hearing of the Polish candidate for the agriculture...
Schemes
CAP proposals may be returned to committee for debate
The proposals for reforming the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) may yet be referred back to the EU Parliament’s Committee on...
Environment
Hogan proposes scheme to reward farmers for cutting emissions
A ‘Farm Carbon Scheme’ that would see farmers being rewarded for making efforts to voluntarily cut their carbon emissions has...
Agri-Business
Exchange rate for 2019 BPS payments confirmed
UK farmers can budget for 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments to be worth about the same amount as last...
Environment
How efficient must a farmer become at producing a kilogram of product?
When it comes to agriculture and climate action the focus – with regard to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – needs...
N.Ireland
‘As far as the people of this area are concerned the DUP is not interested’
Apart from workers here having to apply for certain status [because of Brexit] there is now also the economic viability...
Environment
New Environmental Farming Scheme opens in Northern Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider Level will...
Agri-Business
Will satellite imagery remove the need for farm audits?
Improved satellite imagery can remove the need for farm audits, according to a senior researcher for the European Commission. Vladimir...
Schemes
CLA: 'We should be wary of normalising bridging payments'
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) as welcomed the announcement that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will begin making...
