The Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) is one of the cornerstones of UK government policy to help agriculture to become more productive – producing more whilst minimising environmental impact. The Countryside Productivity Scheme 2015 is part of the RDPE and 2015 grant funding … Continue reading →
Windows 8, Microsoft’s newest operating system, is proving to be the Marmite of computer OS’s. While some love its new security features and enhancements, others are critical of the user interface, and bemoaning the apparent loss of familiar features and … Continue reading →
Press Release from Orchid Data Systems Orchid Data Systems are pleased to announce the availability of their new service “Orchid FarmWizard for Beef Farmers.” FarmWizard is built on web (also known as ”cloud”) technologies that allow livestock farmers to access … Continue reading →
As well as sending out key documents via the postal service, documents for cattle keepers can be accessed via the BCMS section of the Rural Payments Agency website (www.rpa.gov.uk). Following the main link for BCMS gives access to a library … Continue reading →
An article on cattle records in today’s Farmers Weekly contains a quote from a Cross Compliance adviser claiming that around 50% of livestock farms inspected failed on cattle identification and/or movements. Obviously this represents a very significant cost to individual farmers and … Continue reading →