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Full CAP payments for Northern Ireland farmers to begin in December
Northern Irish farmers are expecting CAP payments to enter bank accounts from 1st December after many have faced cash flow issues this winter. The…
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Total income from farming falls 7.8 percent between 2015 to 2016
Total income from farming has fallen 7.8 percent between the years 2015 to 2016, according to new government data. The report also shows…
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Gender pay gap in agriculture falls 9 percent in last decade
The gender pay gap in agriculture has fallen by 9 percent in the last decade, according to a new report. The report, by business advisers Informi…
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Oilseed rape plantings increase by 9 percent due to higher prices
Oilseed rape (OSR) plantings in Britain for harvest 2018 have rebounded, according to provisional figures which show an increase of 9 percent…
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90% of BPS claims must be paid by end of December as promised, NFU urges
The NFU has said the Rural Payments Agency must pay over 90 percent of BPS claims by the end of December as uncertainty begins to surface over the…
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Gove's pledge to rid 'burdensome' policy sees Countryside Stewardship simplified
The Countryside Stewardship scheme will be simplified into four new streamlined offers which will launch in January, Defra Secretary Michael Gove has…
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Farming couple ordered to pay £62,000 due to pollution which killed 15,500 fish
A farming couple have been ordered to pay over £62,000 due to river pollution which killed 15,200 fish. On Friday (24 November), Mark and Anne…
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£60m fund relaunched to enable rural areas to control housing matters
The government has relaunched the £60m Community Housing Fund in a bid to enable local rural communities to control the housing situation in their…
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91 percent of Welsh farmer's BPS 2017 claims to be paid on 1 December
Over 91 percent of Welsh farmers’ Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2017 claims will be paid on Friday (1st December), the Welsh government has announced…
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UK could be out of CAP early despite anger from farming industry
A government minister has sparked an angry reaction from farmers' leaders by revealing that the UK would leave the Common Agricultural Policy at the…
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