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Macra na Feirme is calling for increased supports for young farmers through Pillar II of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

With applications soon set to re-open William Hargreaves from the rural team at Savills Ipswich looks at why farmers should still take advantage of a...

€1.73bn paid to farmers in fourth quarter of 2020 2021-01-14

The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has reduced its bank helpline opening hours because of the coronavirus pandemic. Lines will now be open on Tuesdays,

Guide to key cross-compliance dates for UK regions 2021 >More in Cutting or trimming hedges or trees is prohibited from March 1 in all regions © Tim Scrivener Agriculture and environment departments across the devolved administrations have released key dates to help farmers avoid costly cross-compliance rule breaches in 2021. The rules apply to all Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claimants and are made up of statutory management requirements...

The RPA delivers best ever December payment performance The Rural Payment Agency looks back on 2020 From: 11 January 2021 The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has delivered its best ever December payment performance and paid just under 98% of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) claims despite the challenges caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Payments during December were made to around 82,500 eligible claimants and were worth more than £1.77 billion in total, making it the best performance since the ...

Arable farms and lowland livestock units saw incomes fall sharply during 2019-20, according to the latest figures released by Defra. The figures are based

What to consider when diversifying into pheasant rearing >More in Gamebird rearing can provide a good secondary income for farmers looking to maximise the value of farmland. Pheasant and partridge can be produced on a small acreage and, as it is seasonal, rearing can offer a good balance to other farming activities. The pandemic has led to contraction in the market since it has restricted the activities of shoots but, as the industry has been on an upward traject...

© AdobeStock/mreco Few in the farming industry, and in society at large, will forget 2020. As our Review of the Year in the previous issue of Farmers Weekly portrayed, it was both a year to remember and a year to forget – and that is very much the conclusion of our latest Sentiment Survey, conducted in November to assess farmers’ experiences of 2020, and their hopes for 2021. In total, almost 700 farmers took part, providing a comprehensive overview of the mood i...

Knighthood for controversial Defra adviser >More in Prof Dieter Helm © Jonathan Brady/EPA/Shutterstock Government adviser Dieter Helm – who says food security shouldn’t be taken seriously – has been knighted in the 2021 New Year Honours list. Professor Helm chaired the government’s Natural Capital Committee from 2012 to 2020, which advised the government on environmental policy and agriculture. He was appointed Knight Bachelor f...