Farm Business
Agribusiness bank to support British farming
A new specialist agricultural banking business, Oxbury, is set to launch in the spring to provide financial services specifically designed for British farmers and offered through their trade suppliers. The company is backed by key agribusiness firms. The Oxbury...
East Anglia’s ag college to split
Easton & Otley College, the main agricultural education provider for Norfolk and Suffolk, is to split into two county-based colleges from January 1st 2020, following a decision by its board of governors. The Easton campus near Norwich will be subsumed within Norwich...
Farmers Weekly stable changes hands
Reed Business Information Ltd (RBI), a division of the Anglo Dutch conglomerate RELX, is to divest its Farmers Weekly branded portfolio of print and digital agricultural trade media and events to independent publisher the Mark Allen Group. It is the first change of...
Parties pledge continued farm support post-election
The Conservative Party has pledged to keep farm support funding at CAP levels post-Brexit for every year of the next Parliament, should it win an overall majority in next month’s general election. The Labour Party has already committed to maintaining a £3bn annual...
Dairy efficiency, not yield, is key to profitability
The latest results from Promar International’s Farm Business Accounts (FBA) service show that the year to March 31st 2019 was a challenging one for UK milk producers. The figures show that production efficiency on farm is more important than milk yield alone. “While...
NFU calls for liquid milk market Inquiry
Following the recent collapse of milk buyer and processor Tomlinson’s Dairies, the NFU has written to the Efra Select Committee calling for an urgent Parliamentary investigation into the UK’s liquid milk processing sector. It says this could help safeguard the...
