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'Wrongly penalised' farmers urged to check their RPA payments
South West farmers may have received incorrect payments from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) after being wrongly penalised under new EU regulations…
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Arla to reduce June milk price by 1p per litre
The Arla Foods amba on-account price will reduce, with effect from 1 June 2016, by 1.3 eurocents per kg. When applied to the UK standard litre it…
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Bayer offers $62 billion for Monsanto to create biggest agriculture supplier
German crop chemical group Bayer has made an offer of $62bn (£43bn) for seed company Monsanto in a deal that would create the world's biggest…
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Ulster Farmers' Union raises £7000 for charity Rural Support
Ulster Farmers' Union President Ian Marshall says he is delighted almost £7000 was raised for Rural Support, his chosen charity for his term as…
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No excuses for late payments, farmers tell Rural Payments Agency
The Tenant Farmers Association has said that it will be holding the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) to account on the promise made to deliver 90% of 2016…
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Hogan meets with Sturgeon to discuss CAP failures
EU agricultural commissioner Phil Hogan has met with Scotland's First Minister to discuss the Scottish government's failures in handling the Common…
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Farm suppliers called to back 10-point agenda for change
The Tenant Farmers Association has called on all those who supply inputs to the agricultural industry to lend its support to an agenda for change…
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Cameron warns of Brexit food price increase in move that infuriates Leave campaigners
Prime Minister David Cameron on the weekend said that leaving the EU would have the immediate impact of increasing food prices. "A weaker currency…
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Welsh farmer who received a £1.3m payout has it slashed to £500,000
A Welsh farmer who received a £1.3m payout for working on her parent's farm on "meagre wages" has seen her payout drastically cut to £500,000. Senior…
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'Pig producers squeezed between rising feed costs and processor price increase failure'
The Ulster Farmers’ Union says pig producers are being squeezed between rising feed costs and a failure by processors to deliver a meaningful price…
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