A consultation on changes to the basic payment scheme and specifically exit payments for farmers in England has been launched today (19 May) by Defra.

The 12-week consultation, which runs until 11 August, outlines two exit payment schemes that it hopes will allow farmers to retire with dignity and free up land for new entrants to farm.

The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers has joined forces with 18 farming bodies to urge the government to remain committed to its trade negotiating objectives as talks reach the final stages with Australia and New Zealand.

The Sloan family will now hold their Gold Cup Open Day on Thursday 5 August 2021, at the farm in Auchinleck, Ayrshire, after the Covid 19 pandemic prevented the event from previously taking place.

A renowned children’s author has written a series of books for young children about where food comes from in the hope to improve their understanding of the food they consume.

Milly Cow Gives Milk, which is endorsed by RABDF, is the first book in the four-part ‘Follow my Food’ series by author Deborah Chancellor and illustrator Julia Groves.

Dairy farmers are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit staff with some producers potentially being forced to leave the industry due to a lack of resource, a recent review has found.

Dairy-Tech organiser, The Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, say the event will return as normal for 2022, taking place at Stoneleigh Park on Wednesday 2 February. The Covid pandemic forced the 2021 event to take the form of a two week virtual programme – a concept that hundreds of farmers hailed ‘of great value’ to their business.

Organisers of the dairy industry’s Gold Cup, NMR and RABDF, have re-scheduled the judging of finalists and the presentation of the 2020 award.

Dairy farmers employing EU citizens are being reminded to check they have applied to stay in the UK under the Settled Status Scheme to avoid becoming unlawfully resident and being deported.

Now the UK has left the European Union all EU Citizens must apply under the scheme by 30 June 2021 to continue to live and work in the country. Failure to do so could result in EU citizens being deported.