Finance news around the UK
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has been called to open its doors "immediately" to avoid delays in the lead up to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2018 ...
The Ulster Farmers’ Union says it will oppose government plans to charge farmers for testing for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs). ...
A farmer has been ordered to pay £36,170 after causing nitrate pollution and illegally abstracting water. On 16 April 2018, Telford Magistrates’ Co...
Scottish farmers have welcomed a £250,000 Government package of support to help address the impact of recent extreme weather. It follows several we...
A farm company has has been fined £400,000 after a 19-year-old employee died when the tractor he was driving collided with a bridge. Cambridge Crow...
The Scottish government has announced a support package worth £250,000 to help farmers who have experienced recent severe weather. The package of s...
Dairy giant Muller has confirmed details of a new initiative designed to help British dairy farmers manage the impact of extreme farm gate milk price ...
British farmer-owned First Milk has announced that it will be offering its creameries on Arran and in Campbeltown for sale. The announcement follow...
Tax relief has become increasingly important in the farming and land-based business sector in the past few years as land values have increased, but th...
Bridging payments worth more than £117 million have now reached the bank accounts of over 3,200 farms, the Rural Payments Agency has announced. Mor...
Sugar beet growers are collectively owed millions of pounds in overpaid levies, after an EU court ruling confirmed that growers were historically over...
Changes to Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing Regulations will affect procedures adopted for future farm and land transactions. Spring is the t...
Scottish farmers should receive regular payments brought forward to help with the added costs of the long winter which has adversely affected the indu...
The Scottish Government has been asked to look at the rules surrounding the definition of new entrants, following the announcement that Young Farmers ...
New data shows rural crime cost the UK £44.5m in 2017, with the future trend showing a rise in this form of crime as thieves become more “brazen” as t...
A new service has been launched in Wales to support groups of farmers wanting to apply for grants up to £700,000 to improve management of natural reso...
Sheep farmers are being urged to take cover against the potential financial losses incurred by sheep worrying after the latest spate of distressing at...
The Netherlands is the most expensive country to buy farmland, according to official EU figures by Eurostat. The information comes from a new set o...
Landowners and farmers could face a ‘double bill’ under exemption removals, according to a drainage and water organisation. Water level management ...
The relentless wet weather in some parts of the United Kingdom has made the ‘three crop rule’ for arable and horticultural growers challenging to foll...
CF Fertilisers is to invest £40M in British fertiliser production following rising demand for its Ammonium Nitrate (AN) based products. The news fo...
An agricultural charity has held out a helping hand for farmers who have suffered losses due to recent severe weather. Sheep farmers in the parts o...
The cost of farming inputs has increased by 4.54 percent in the six months up to February 2018, according to latest figures. Anglia Farmers' (AF) l...
Dairy giant Muller has announced it will slash a further 0.5p per litre from the price it pays farmers for milk in May. The price will decrease to ...
Over 1000 farmers have applied for funding for a Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) to tackle agricultural pollution in Wales. These plans provide farm...
