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CAP payments 'should feed the roots of the farming system'
The Tenant Farmers Association is holding a special meeting to discuss the need to put active farmers back at the centre of the Common Agricultural…
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Tesco extends additional financial support for dairy farmers until spring
As the wintry weather continues to take hold, Tesco has today announced it will extend its support for British dairy farmers. Six months ago, Tesco…
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£70,000 funding for National Rural Crime Partnership welcomed
NFU Scotland has welcomed an announcement of £70,000 which will fund a full-time post within Police Scotland to move rural and agricultural crime…
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'Farmers betrayed by Government failure to renew agri-environment scheme'
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has reacted angrily to a Welsh Government announcement that there will not be an entry-level agri-environment scheme…
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RPA says 78.7% of eligible English farmers have now been paid BPS
RPA says more Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments have been made this week taking the total number of claims paid to farmers to 68,572 representing…
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Countryside Stewardship will open for applications on March 14
The next round of Countryside Stewardship will open for applications on March 14, Natural England has announced. The 2016 application window for the…
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£20m Scottish Government backing to ease cash flow concerns
The Scottish Government is taking further action to ease cash flow issues in Scottish agriculture. Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has…
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Scottish government must step up and deliver 'much needed' payments to farmers
In his address to NFU Scotland’s Annual General Meeting, President Allan Bowie has called for the Scottish Government to step up to the plate and…
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'European programmes to deliver millions for rural and coastal Wales'
The Minister will be at the Liberty Stadium in Swansea for the official start-of-term event of two European programmes, the Welsh Government Rural…
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Calls for urgency on BPS payments as 20% still not paid
NFU Cymru has expressed concern that approximately 20 per cent of farmers are still to receive their BPS part-payments. NFU Cymru has said it is…
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