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'Action Plan 2016 - 2020': Ambitious new plan for Scottish farming unveiled
An ambitious new action plan to help organic food and farming build a more sustainable future, regenerate the rural economy and conserve biodiversity…
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Farming organisation meets with EU officials to underline low incomes facing beef producers
Copa and Cogeca, a European farmer’s representative organisation, met with senior EU Commission officials this week to underline the low incomes…
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Make right investments during downturn, farmers advised
A current lack of confidence in farming shouldn’t stop investment, the head of Lloyds Bank Agriculture has warned, saying that while it will always…
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Tax options for farmers facing cashflow problems
With the 31 January tax payment deadline fast approaching, Johnston Carmichael – who operate NFU Scotland’s Taxation Advice Helpline – has reminded…
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UK farmland values expected to fall over next three years
With the drop in commodity prices and the potential for UK exit from the EU, the future for farm incomes remains rocky with the cost of prime arable…
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Current state of dairy industry 'unsustainable' as milk prices continue to be slashed
NFU Dairy Board member David Shaw has described the current state of the dairy industry as unsustainable. This comes after Muller announced that it…
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Lancashire grower facing financial ruin following floods
Grower Allan Butler says he feels like he has ‘worked all of his life for nothing’ after losing around 55 acres of crops, worth an estimated £230k…
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Farmers flock to take up £500m delayed payment funds
Lloyds Banking Group has made an additional £120m available in overdrafts to farmers following a delay in their annual EU subsidy payments from the…
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National Park funding cut 'should focus minds on income generation'
Proposed cuts to National Park funding in Wales should prompt discussions on fairer ways to generate and spend income in order to benefit park…
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'Ruthless price war is decimating UK dairy farms'
The latest raft of milk price reductions will hit already struggling dairy farmers hard, the NFU said today. Arla is the latest milk buyer to drop…
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