Agri Policy & Regulation
Advance BPS payment to help farm cash flows
The government has reacted to increases in farm production costs by allowing eligible claimants in England to draw a 50% advance on their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) scheme entitlements which are usually paid in December. The NFU has...
New home for NOAH
The National Office of Animal Health (NOAH), the trade association for UK-based animal health product manufacturers, has a new home. The organisation has relocated to a shared workspace at Stevenage in Hertfordshire, after 35 years...
Chairman change for Efra Committee
The Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Select Committee of the House of Commons has chosen Geraint Davies, Labour MP for Swansea West, as its interim chairman following the resignation of Neil Parish, the Conservative MP for...
New head of seeds and arable for the AIC
The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) has appointed Rose Riby as its new head of seeds, and arable marketing sectors. She succeeds Catherine Barratt in the role. Ms Riby joins from the AHDB where she was knowledge exchange...
Livestock marts break £2bn turnover
Turnover of all species sold through the livestock auction mart system in England and Wales broke through the £2 billion barrier for the first time in 2021, reports the Livestock Auctioneers’ Association (LAA). Higher sale prices...
Arla to trial DSM methane feed additive in Europe
Royal DSM’s innovative methane-reducing ruminant feed additive Bovaer is to be trialled across three European countries by milk processor Arla Foods, while Elanco Animal Health is to distribute the product in the US. Bovaer,...