Dairy Farm Management Specialist joins South West Farm Consulting practice
Tom Bell has joined the team at Douglas Green Consulting Ltd as Dairy/Farm Management Consultant. He has a proven track record in Dairy Herd Management and his key skills include business analysis and financial planning, forage budgeting and grassland management, ruminant nutrition, cow housing, health monitoring of dairy herd performance and NVZ compliance. Tom is […]
How will the 2015 budget affect you as a farmer
David Missen, Head of the Agriculture Sector at MHA, the UK-wide association of accountancy and business advisory firms, says that farmers need to do some serious planning in response to new Annual Investment Allowances and tax arrangements on dividends unveiled in yesterday’s Budget announcement. Here’s his review of the main changes affecting the agriculture sector. Business […]
AEA welcome new Marketing Manager
The Agricultural Engineers Association (AEA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Kayleigh Holden in the newly created role of Marketing and Communications Manager. Kayleigh succeeds Debbie Dale who after 22 years at the organisation is retiring. Operating out of the Peterborough head office, Kayleigh will be responsible for the promotion of the AEA within […]
FUW opts for 54 hectare top-up payment option
The Farmers’ Union of Wales has backed the gradual introduction of ‘top-up’ payments on the first 54 hectares in its response to the Welsh Government’s consultation on Wales’ Basic Payment Scheme. The option, referred to in the EU regulations as ‘redistributive payments’, would mean moving from the current historically based model towards estimated payments of […]
Christmas comes to Scotland
Christmas Tree growers from across the length and breadth of Great Britain are preparing to descend on Scotland for their Annual General Meeting and Open Day on TUESDAY 23rd JUNE, which this time takes place in Stirlingshire. Award-winning Christmas tree farmers, some of whom have seen their prized trees installed at Downing Street for the […]
£1.3 million in new research could mean a sweeter deal for Scottish berry producers
British berry lovers could get their favourite fruits all year round thanks to three new pioneering UK government funded research projects set to revolutionise Scottish berry production, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said ahead of the Royal Highland Show. £1.3 million from the government’s £70 million Agri-Tech Catalyst has been awarded to projects led by the […]
Environment Secretary hails UK success in securing steps to make CAP simpler for farmers
Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss has welcomed a series of changes announced by the European Commission to make it easier for UK farmers to meet Common Agricultural Policy rules, but warned there is still more to do reduce the burdens of the current scheme. From next year farmers will now have more choice of hedgerows on […]
New FUW team at the helm
Following the election of Mr Glyn Roberts as president of the Farmers’ Union of Wales during the union’s annual general meeting on Monday (June 15), the rest of the influential finance and organisation committee members were revealed today. Mr Roberts’s deputy will be Pembrokeshire beef and sheep farmer Brian Thomas, who is a past county […]
Glyn Roberts elected FUW president
Farmers’ Union of Wales deputy president Glyn Roberts was elected as the union’s president during a meeting of its grand council in Aberystwyth yesterday (Monday, June 15). Mr Roberts of Dylasau Uchaf, Padog, Betws-Y-Coed, Conwy, who stepped up from deputy president, said: “I would like to thank all those who have voted for me to […]
