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Latest Bulletins General / Policy Arable Dairy & Livestock Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 EU Free Trade Agreements Update – March 2026 EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement On 24th March, the EU and Australia announced that they had concluded negotiations on a Free To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 UK/EU SPS Agreement Update On 9th March, Defra published both a formal ‘legislation in scope’ note and business guidance, which maps the areas where To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 24 March 2026 CS Expiry & SFI The Government has recognised the issue with potential gaps in funding as the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) moves to having To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 24 March 2026 SFS: Further Elements More details have been released by the Welsh Government on the Optional and Collaborative elements of the Sustainable Farming Scheme To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 24 March 2026 FBT Guidance The Farm Tenancy Forum has produced a guidance note on long-term Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs) in England. The Guidance note To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 Grain Markets March 2026 The global grain market remains well supplied. March’s supply and demand estimates reinforce this; the USDA increased global grain ending To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 25 February 2026 Grain Market Update Feb 2026 New crop (Nov-26) UK feed wheat futures had traded in a relatively narrow band so far for 2026. However, an To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 28 January 2026 Grain Market Update Jan 26 The global grain market remains very well supplied. In January, both the International Grains Council and USDA increased their forecasts To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 18 December 2025 Grain Market Update – Dec ’25 Wheat prices have continued falling across December, with the global grain supply and demand increasingly in surplus. The latest figures To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 18 December 2025 Grain Supply Chain Review Defra has opened a consultation on combinable crop contracts. The ‘Contractual Practice in the Combinable Crops Sector Consultation’ is seeking To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 Pig Markets March ’26 The GB finished pig price has continued to trend lower at the start of 2026. For the week ending 14th To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 Beef & Sheep Update March ’26 Beef Finished cattle prices, whilst still historically very high are currently ‘pausing’. The GB deadweight All Steer price has fallen To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 Dairy Roundup March ’26 In February, GB milk deliveries continued to run ahead of last year and the five-year average. Deliveries totaled an estimated To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 24 March 2026 TB Incidence Falls There is some positive news on TB in England in the latest statistics released by Defra. These show that herd To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribers Only 19 February 2026 Friesian Farm Feb 2026 The figures for our Friesian Farm dairy model have been updated ahead of our spring Seminars. The table below shows To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin Subscribe today - 90 day free trial
Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 EU Free Trade Agreements Update – March 2026 EU-Australia Free Trade Agreement On 24th March, the EU and Australia announced that they had concluded negotiations on a Free To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 UK/EU SPS Agreement Update On 9th March, Defra published both a formal ‘legislation in scope’ note and business guidance, which maps the areas where To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 24 March 2026 CS Expiry & SFI The Government has recognised the issue with potential gaps in funding as the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) moves to having To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 24 March 2026 SFS: Further Elements More details have been released by the Welsh Government on the Optional and Collaborative elements of the Sustainable Farming Scheme To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 24 March 2026 FBT Guidance The Farm Tenancy Forum has produced a guidance note on long-term Farm Business Tenancies (FBTs) in England. The Guidance note To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 Grain Markets March 2026 The global grain market remains well supplied. March’s supply and demand estimates reinforce this; the USDA increased global grain ending To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 February 2026 Grain Market Update Feb 2026 New crop (Nov-26) UK feed wheat futures had traded in a relatively narrow band so far for 2026. However, an To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 January 2026 Grain Market Update Jan 26 The global grain market remains very well supplied. In January, both the International Grains Council and USDA increased their forecasts To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 December 2025 Grain Market Update – Dec ’25 Wheat prices have continued falling across December, with the global grain supply and demand increasingly in surplus. The latest figures To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 December 2025 Grain Supply Chain Review Defra has opened a consultation on combinable crop contracts. The ‘Contractual Practice in the Combinable Crops Sector Consultation’ is seeking To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 Pig Markets March ’26 The GB finished pig price has continued to trend lower at the start of 2026. For the week ending 14th To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 Beef & Sheep Update March ’26 Beef Finished cattle prices, whilst still historically very high are currently ‘pausing’. The GB deadweight All Steer price has fallen To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 March 2026 Dairy Roundup March ’26 In February, GB milk deliveries continued to run ahead of last year and the five-year average. Deliveries totaled an estimated To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 24 March 2026 TB Incidence Falls There is some positive news on TB in England in the latest statistics released by Defra. These show that herd To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 February 2026 Friesian Farm Feb 2026 The figures for our Friesian Farm dairy model have been updated ahead of our spring Seminars. The table below shows To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
