Dairy
Report: Dairy profits set to recover after dramatic fall
The profits of dairy farmers dropped significantly more than expected in 2024/2024, but rising milk prices mean the outlook is...
Basic Payment Scheme
Agri-Business
NFU Cymru welcomes new timeline for Sustainable Farming Scheme
The National Farmers’ Union of Wales (NFU Cymru) has welcomed the news that the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) transition will...
Agri-Business
Sustainable Farming Scheme transition period to start in 2026
The Welsh rural affairs secretary has today (Tuesday, May 14) confirmed that the proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) transition period...
Agri-Business
DAERA confirms timeline for new farm support programme
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the timeline for the new farm support and development...
Agri-Business
Application windows for 2023 farm payments open
The application window for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the claim window for existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) revenue and...
N.Ireland
DAERA announces opening date for £300m Single Applications
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced the opening date for the £300 million Single Applications...
Agri-Business
Two-thirds of NI farmers yet to submit Single Application
Two-thirds of Northern Ireland farmers had yet to submit their Single Application Forms for the Basic Payment Scheme, just a...
Environment
Changes to NI’s Basic Payments to be implemented for 2021 scheme year
Changes to Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlements will come into force from the 2021 scheme year, Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister...
Agri-Business
Single Application: Thousands still outstanding with less than 2 weeks to go
It’s crunch time for tens of thousands of farmers across the UK yet to submit their Single Application for this...
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...
Agri-Business
Tenant Farmers Association to back delinked payments
The Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) has spoken out in favour of plans to allow the delinking and consolidation of Basic Payments...
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...
Opinion
London remains committed to fundamentally changing farm support in the UK
By all accounts, the UK government remains on track to fundamentally change the nature of the support made available to...
Schemes
Half of NI Single Application forms still outstanding
Less than two weeks until the deadline, almost half of Northern Ireland’s Single Application forms are yet to be received....
N.Ireland
Single Application: 3 weeks to go and two-thirds still haven't applied
Farmers have been urged not to leave their Single Application until the last minute, as just three weeks before the...
Arable
DAERA backs calls for 3-crop rule derogation
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has added its backing to calls for an exemption to...
N.Ireland
3-crop rule could tighten barley seed supplies
Arable farmers in Northern Ireland say they are running out of options to allow them to comply with the ‘three-crop...
N.Ireland
2018 Single Application process opens: What you need to know
The online Single Application service has opened for 2018, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced....
