Higher EU agricultural subsidies helped the farming business of Sir James Dyson to make a profit for the first time last year. Beeswax Dyson Farming generated a pre-tax profit of £747,000, compared to a loss […]
The UK Government is planning major changes to how farming is conducted and how farmers are paid. Legislation introduced to Parliament on 12 September would replace payments linked to land with funding for providing “public goods”. […]
Farming Minister George Eustice announced a new £60m grant scheme that will enable UK farmers to access funds for the purchase of new equipment. Announced in early February 2018, the Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme […]
In late October 2017 the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs announced £40m in a new grant scheme for investment in farm technology and equipment. The Countryside Productivity Scheme is available to both farmers […]
The Guardian reports that the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (Ibec) have asked the Irish government and the EU to support Irish businesses with as much as €1bn in state aid to offset the instability and […]
A Greenpeace study found that many of the recipients featured in the Sunday Times Rich List received over £10 million in land subsidy last year 16 out of the 100, if not more, of the […]
Lord Gardiner, who will be involved in reforming EU farming support post-Brexit, receives £49,000 a year in payments, it has been revealed Source: Environment minister accused of conflict of interest over farm subsidies | Environment […]
This is an important story on the potential impact of Brexit on British farmers. Agricultural subsidies may be trimmed, but they are as likely to be increased. Either way, farmers may not survive a Britain without generous subsidies […]
Research for NFU suggests the sector would have a mixed future outside the EU, with some farmers doing better than others This story in the Guardian points out that the subsidies that go to British farmers […]
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