The latest Finance news for UK farmers and the agricultural industry.
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Farmers are calling for an increase in milk prices as being 'needed' and 'justified', as the end of January will mean the end of seasonal bonus…
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Fergus Ewing, Scotland's Rural Minister, has admitted there are still 'significant risks' some EU subsidy payments will be delayed a result of…
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The Countryside Alliance has called for the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) 'to go back to drawing board' over 'punitive' rate rises that risk damaging…
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The drop in the value of the pound since the EU referendum vote may have given commodity prices a boost, but lower yields mean that the returns from…
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More than 80,000 (93%) farmers in England have now received their 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money. This means the Rural Payments Agency (RPA)…
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Dairy farmers have protested depressed milk prices by spraying a tonne of milk powder onto the European Council building in Brussels. The farmers…
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Arla Foods is raising its milk price to owners by 0.76 pence from 1 February, taking the liquid price to 27.07 pence per litre. Commenting on the…
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Policymakers are being urged to understand the extent to which public support for agriculture subsidises the whole of the supply chain from those…
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A combination of "Labour's careless spending and the Conservatives' mean-spiritedness" means flood-hit areas across the North of England will miss…
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Hard hit rural communities across the UK are being given a helping hand by countryside charity, the Prince’s Countryside Fund, who have announced…
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