Farm Business
Spending Review a mixed bag for farming
The farm unions have described Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spending Review proposals this week as a “mixed picture” for farmers. The confirmation of the government’s 2019 manifesto pledge to maintain existing levels of farm support in England until the...
Dairy Tech 2021 to go virtual
The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) has taken the decision to alter the format of Dairy-Tech 2021 because of ongoing Covid-19 concerns. Next year’s event will be a series of daily online sessions running over a fortnight from February 3rd to 17th...
Dairy skills fail to make UK migrant worker list
The government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has not included dairy farm workers on its Shortage Occupation List (SOL) for when the new post-Brexit points-based UK immigration system comes into force next year. The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers...
Facing farming challenges with Nix
The foreword to the latest edition of the John Nix Pocketbook for Farm Management cites Covid-19, Brexit and the 2019/20 weather as the worst combination of industry-wide challenges for 50 years. The John Nix Pocketbook for Farm Management has been updated for 2021...
Virus Yellows compensation in new sugar beet contract
British Sugar and the NFU have agreed new one and three-year sugar beet contracts for 2021 and 2021-23. For the first time there is compensation for Virus Yellows disease loss and a pilot project to link returns to sugar futures prices. The base contract prices are...
Agriculture escapes worst of pandemic measures
A survey on the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on farm advisers and their farmer clients in the UK and the two largest EU farming member states show little impact on usual farm activities through new ways of working. But farm diversifications have been badly affected...