<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title>FWI Home - Articles - 2 - 11</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk</link><description /><language>en-gb</language><copyright /><generator /><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:40:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Bank lending costs expected to rise</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131401/bank-lending-costs-expected-to-rise.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131401/bank-lending-costs-expected-to-rise.html</guid><description>UK agriculture may have been sheltered from the global credit crisis, but this "bubble" may not last much longer, one economist has warned. </description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5234961" type="image/jpeg" width="270" height="230" /><media:title /><media:description type="plain" /><media:keywords /></item><item><title>Record world wheat stocks forecast pushes prices lower</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131402/record-world-wheat-stocks-forecast-pushes-prices-lower.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131402/record-world-wheat-stocks-forecast-pushes-prices-lower.html</guid><description>The grain market has eased on a US Department of Agriculture report which yesterday raised its estimate for end of season world wheat stocks to a new record high</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5230837" type="image/jpeg" width="270" height="210" /><media:title /><media:description type="plain" /><media:keywords /></item><item><title>Proposed cuts to support for solar and wind</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131389/proposed-cuts-to-support-for-solar-and-wind.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131389/proposed-cuts-to-support-for-solar-and-wind.html</guid><description>Wide-ranging changes to Feed-in Tariff support for all types of renewable energy technologies have been unveiled by the government today (9 February).</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5231836" type="image/jpeg" width="270" height="230" /><media:title /><media:description type="plain" /><media:keywords /></item><item><title>Openfield makes the most of higher grain prices</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131400/openfield-makes-the-most-of-higher-grain-prices.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131400/openfield-makes-the-most-of-higher-grain-prices.html</guid><description>Grain marketing business Openfield has posted strong financial results on the back of higher commodity prices last year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:05:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5229621" type="image/jpeg" width="270" height="239" /><media:title /><media:description type="plain" /><media:keywords /></item><item><title>Farm life leads to healthy immune system</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131360/farm-life-leads-to-healthy-immune-system.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131360/farm-life-leads-to-healthy-immune-system.html</guid><description>We knew it all along, but now a study has proved that farmers are a healthy bunch.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5234892" type="image/jpeg" width="270" height="230" /><media:title /><media:description type="plain" /><media:keywords /></item><item><title>DEFRA reassures farmers over security breaches </title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131399/defra-reassures-farmers-over-security-breaches.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/10/131399/defra-reassures-farmers-over-security-breaches.html</guid><description>DEFRA has reassured farmers that sensitive information relating to them remains secure, despite admitting to five security breaches last year</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:33:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5229811" type="image/jpeg" width="270" height="230" /><media:title /><media:description type="plain" /><media:keywords /></item><item><title>Badger Trust warns DEFRA of legal challenge</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/09/131378/badger-trust-warns-defra-of-legal-challenge.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/09/131378/badger-trust-warns-defra-of-legal-challenge.html</guid><description> The Badger Trust has warned that it intends to take legal action against DEFRA unless the department drops plans to cull badgers. </description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:33:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5234905" type="image/jpeg" width="270" height="230" /><media:title /><media:description type="plain" /><media:keywords /></item><item><title>RPA unveils plans for new payments system</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/09/131373/rpa-unveils-plans-for-new-payments-system.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/09/131373/rpa-unveils-plans-for-new-payments-system.html</guid><description>More farmers can expect to receive their single farm payments on time, claims the Rural Payments Agency, which has announced plans to overhaul its dated computer system. </description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5229951" 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ruling</title><link>http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/09/131394/tenants-dismayed-by-scottish-court-ruling.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2012/02/09/131394/tenants-dismayed-by-scottish-court-ruling.html</guid><description>The latest round in a landmark Scottish farm rent case has been won by the landowners following the Scottish Court of Session's ruling that single farm payment could be used in determining values on rented holdings.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="http://www.fwi.co.uk/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemID=5231349" type="image/jpeg" width="270" height="230" /><media:title /><media:description type="plain" /><media:keywords /></item></channel></rss>
