Green MEP says CAP reform proposals are ‘missed opportunity for fundemental reform’
Keith Taylor MEP speaks on the proposed CAP reform proposals… On a visit to an organic farm in Oxfordshire today Keith Taylor, Green MEP for Oxfordshire and the South East highlighted the missed opportunities in the proposed reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. Keith raised the need for EU measures to promote more environmentally […]
Farm Stay B&B scoops North East England Tourism Award
Low Urpeth Farm has achieved Bronze at the prestigious North East England Tourism Awards in the Bed & Breakfast category. The multi award winning farm, which has been in the Johnson Family for over 190 years, has scooped 6 awards in the last 3 years for its high caliber food, accommodation and service. Delighted proprietor […]
NFU livestock board looks for progress on sheep database
The NFU livestock board has called on Defra to make progress on a better system of movement reporting after acknowledging the potential benefits of a computerised sheep database for animal disease control. There has been much discussion in the past two years regarding the formation of a national database to record sheep movements and last […]
Compassion in World Farming is horrified by Commissions failure
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) proposals that were officially revealed by the European Commission yesterday, fail to support farmers who want to introduce higher welfare systems on their farms. Despite strong scientific evidence that industrial livestock production harms animal health and welfare and notwithstanding taxpayers’ belief that the CAP should help improve the well-being of […]
Williams calls for greater investment in agricultural science
Roger Williams MP used this morning’s DEFRA questions to urge the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure that the UK gets its share of the money for agricultural science included in the new CAP proposals and that it is distributed wisely. Roger Williams said “I was encouraged to see the […]
CAP proposals don’t address need for improving competitiveness
Responding to the publication of the Commission’s formal proposals for the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), Dairy UK Policy Director Peter Dawson said: “The dairy industry is operating in a fiercely competitive and increasingly globalised market place. Our belief is that the CAP should help the UK dairy industry improve its […]
National Trust reacts to CAP reforms announced earlier today
Rob Macklin, National Trust Agriculture and Food Adviser said; “The Commission’s ambition to green the CAP is laudable, but the proposals announced today fall well short of meeting this. We’re disappointed that taxpayers in the UK and across Europe – who pay for the CAP – are being short-changed in this time of austerity and […]
Newcastle University scoops Young Advocates Award
Two students from Newcastle University have won this year’s Young Advocates for Agriculture in a keenly fought debating competition held at the Farmers & Fletchers Livery Hall on Thursday 6th October. Presenting the prizes, the Minister for Agriculture and Food, the Rt Hon Jim Paice MP, expressed his admiration for all the young agriculturalists taking […]
CAP proposals are bad news for wildlife and farmers in Northern England
Proposals for the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) unveiled today are a let down for wildlife friendly farmers in Northern England. That’s the message from the RSPB and farmers who are doing their bit to create space for nature in our countryside. The European Commission today released full details of its plans for a reformed […]
