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CAP UK: DEFRA plan for business as usual?
With UK nations having more autonomy than ever before, what is in the DEFRA consultation for England? […]
With UK nations having more autonomy than ever before, what is in the DEFRA consultation for England? […]
Agro-ecological farming methods can help our soils. Special guest post for ARC2020.eu from Louise Payton, Soil Association. […]
Westminster ignores convergence uplift for Scotland. […]
Is the UK trying to restrain the Financial Conduct Authority and keep food speculation alike and kicking? […]
The UK all-farm average business income is GBP 47000 for the year 2012-13, according to official figures released by DEFRA. However the ministry figure includes an average of GBP 25000 for Single Payment Scheme (SPS) money, which is not directly generated on any farm. So an adjusted headline figure for earnings from farming would be GBP 22000 between those working the farm: less than the average weekly earnings for an employee in a food factory (source: National Office for Statistics). DEFRA attributes the slide to a poor growing season and difficult conditions for cropping and livestock sectors alike. Higher feed costs were blamed for a 50% fall in lowland grazing incomes (average GBP 16500), while their upland counterparts in Less Favoured Areas (LFAs) suffered a 35% drop in earnings (average GBP 19500). DEFRA concedes that both categories of farming activity lost money saying they: “…failed to make a positive return from agriculture…” Yet the ministry insists on blaming the lower exchange rate for reduced CAP receipts, as if these were a direct product of farming. […]
The UK supermarket this week revealed wastage rates for some of its products […]
UK National Farmers’ Union warned of ‘long term damage’ to its membership when the Seasonal Agricultural Workers’ Scheme is shut down […]
Just how do badgers moved goalposts? […]
UK government’s rural broadband investment programme slammed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) […]
How accountable are institutions, and what can NGO’s do about it? […]
The biotech industry has not had everything its way in the wake of the bitter personal attacks on the CRIIGEN scientists […]
UK government ignoring the growing volume of evidence against the continued use of neonicotinoids which harm pollinators […]
Patterson pushes Tory ‘environmental’ agenda, including support for fracking […]
Play game, take action […]
UK committed to applying an “active farmer” test to ensure SPS payments in future […]
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