Vivergo plant will be a boost to British farming
The new plant in the Humber Estuary which opens on Monday (July 8) will provide an important home for UK wheat, creating around 500,000 tonnes of animal feed per year and reduce UK reliance on imports of soya from the Americas, while also providing an alternative to fossil fuels through its production of bio-ethanol. The […]
IHT debt relief reprieve
The Government has partially reversed its unexpected attack on debt relief on inheritance tax introduced in the Finance Act in April this year. The proposals would have seen existing and new debts being set against assets that already qualify for relief against inheritance tax, such as farmland, with the result being that no relief would […]
Management information critical to farmers in today’s challenging economic climate
Kite Consulting (‘Kite’) and Landmark Systems have today announced that they will be working together through a ‘preferred supplier’ agreement. The move, which takes effect from July 1, 2013, will see Kite recommending Landmark Systems’ KEY and KEYPrime accounting and management packages to its clients. Coming four years after Kite started using KEY software […]
Innovative invoicing service launched
Cloud software provider Fortnox has officially announced the launch of an innovative Print Service, as an additional feature to their invoicing application. Fortnox Invoicing already has an electronic invoicing feature to help businesses work more efficiently, but with the addition of the print and fulfilment service, small businesses can now also dramatically reduce the time […]
NFU Director to be Tesco’s new Director of Agriculture
Tesco announced the creation of the Director of Agriculture role at the NFU conference back in February as part of its commitment to strengthen relationships with British farmers and to source more food from British farms. The NFU has welcomed the move, saying it ensures this pivotal role is being filled by someone who has […]
NFU Sugar statement: Sugar beet contracts
NFU chief sugar adviser Ruth Digby said: “While growers may feel it is strange that we have said British Sugar cannot contract with growers at £30.67 we have done this simply because their price offer is woefully inadequate and well short of a fair price for sugar beet. We have therefore not agreed this price […]
Paterson needs to reconsider CAP modulation issue
CLA President Harry Cotterell welcomed the agreement between the European Agriculture Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament, saying the time was right for Mr Paterson to reconsider his approach to the implementation of so-called voluntary modulation from Pillar One (direct payment to farmers and land managers) to Pillar Two (rural development schemes). Mr […]
UK votes on Common Agricultural Policy reform
With a final deal yet to be struck, the UK has supported a mandate for the Irish Presidency to take the revised CAP proposals to Brussels to be passed by the full European Parliament. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said: Negotiations between 27 agriculture ministers, the EU commission and the European parliament were never going to […]
New appointments give young farmers a bigger voice in agriculture and improve competitions
Jo Wyles, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Officer and Gill Harrison, Competitions and Events Administrator joined the team at the National office in Stoneleigh in June 2013, and will support members in clubs and counties across England and Wales. Jo Wyles most recently worked as a rural surveyor for the National Trust and brings experience of […]
