Subscribers Only21 July 2026New Defra Ministers Dame Angela Eagle has become the 10th Defra Secretary in a decade. She was given the post, as replacement to This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only21 July 2026Welsh SPS Funding The new Welsh Government has provided a three-year funding commitment to the Sustatinable Farming Scheme (SFS). This was a manifesto This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 July 2026Ffemio Bro Farmers are able to access a further round of Ffermio Bro funding. The scheme offers grants in Wales’ National Parks This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 July 2026BNG Implementation Changes to the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) rules come into effect on the 6th August. We wrote about these in This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 July 2026Welsh Red Tape Review The new Plaid Cymru led Welsh Government has announced an independent review into the bureaucratic burden on family farms in This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 July 202630 By 30 The Government has published a delivery plan for how it intends to deliver its commitment to protect 30% of the This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 July 2026Innovation, Welfare & Collaboration Grants Defra has announced grant funding across a number of areas over the past month. Innovation Grants: Under the Feasibility Studies This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 July 2026Scottish Pig Support The Scottish Government has launched a £2m fund to support pig farmers. It is to support independent producers who are This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 July 2026Peatland Grants The Government has committed £47m for peatland restoration in England with the aim of reducing carbon emissions. Three schemes will This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only17 July 2026CSHT Roll Out Countryside Stewardship will be open to more farmers in England later this summer. However, the scheme will continue to be This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only16 July 2026Bluetongue The 2026/27 Bluetongue season has started with outbreaks in Staffordshire, Cheshire and Devon. The hot weather is likely to increase This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only15 July 2026Capital Grants 2026 Defra has said it expects to open the 2026 Capital Grants offer on 30th July 2026. This grant, not to This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only13 July 2026SFI26 Window 1: 75% Spent Defra has confirmed, as at 13th July, that around 75% of SFI26 Window 1 budget has now been allocated, based This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only13 July 2026Agriculture in the UK The annual compendium of farming statistics, ‘Agriculture in the UK’ has been published by Defra. It is the most comprehensive This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only6 July 2026SFI26 Window 1: 50% Spent Defra confirmed, late Friday (3rd July) afternoon that around 50% of the budget allocated for SFI26 Window 1 (£60m), has This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only2 July 2026SFI26 Window 1: 25% Spent Defra has confirmed that around 25% of the budget allocated for SFI26 Window 1 (£60m), has already been allocated based This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only1 July 2026SFI26 Now Open Defra has opened Window 1 of SFI26 and provided information on ‘soon-to-expire’ agreements which will be eligible to apply for This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 June 202625 Year Farming Roadmap The Government has published the long-awaited Farming Roadmap. It sets out a vision that, by 2050, English farming will be This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 June 2026Grain Markets June ’26 Attention is now firmly on harvest, both in the UK and in the Northern Hemisphere more widely. In the UK, This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 June 2026Farming Innovation Programme Defra has announced a further £53m will be made available through the Farming Innovation Programme (FIP). This means a total This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 June 2026Protected Landscapes Funding Defra has released details of the new Wildlife-Rich Habitat Fund. Between 2026 and 2029 a total of £30m (£10m per This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 June 2026FETF Agreements Offered The first group of Grant Funding Agreements (GFAs) under the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) were sent out on This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only26 June 2026Soil Carbon Measurements Initial findings from AHDB’s Environment Baselining Pilot suggest that current approaches to measuring soil carbon may be significantly underestimating the This post is only available to members.
Subscribers Only24 June 2026Trade Update June ’26 Over the past month, there have been a couple of trade policy developments of note for UK agri-food, namely confirmation This post is only available to members.
