Subscribers Only 6 August 2026 SFI26 Update August ’26 SFI26 Window 1 Defra has confirmed Window 1 of SFI26 will close no later than the 28th August. It will To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 August 2026 FFIS Scotland The next round of the Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS) will have funding of £14.25m. This schemes provides capital grants To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 3 August 2026 Capital Grants: 75% of the Budget Allocated Defra has confirmed as of 1st August 75% of the £225m Capital Grants budget has now been allocated. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 31 July 2026 Capital Grants: 50% of the Budget Allocated Defra has confirmed that 50% of the £225m Capital Grants budget has now been allocated in less than 24 hours. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 31 July 2026 Capital Grants: 25% of Budget Allocated Defra has already confirmed that 25% of the budget for the Capital Grants scheme has been allocated. The scheme only To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 July 2026 Welsh Schemes Update July ’26 The Welsh Government has provided opening dates for some of the Optional categories under its new Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 July 2026 Trade Update July 2026 Despite it being summer, July 2026 has seen significant developments for UK agri-food trade policy, even as the most consequential To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 July 2026 CSHT Opens for EOI Applications are now open for the new Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) Expression of Interest (EOI) process. Farmers and land To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 July 2026 Junior Defra Ministers Following Dame Angela Eagle’s appointment as Defra Secretary, the junior Ministerial team in the Department has also been announced. Stephen To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 July 2026 New Defra Ministers Dame Angela Eagle has become the 10th Defra Secretary in a decade. She was given the post, as replacement to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 July 2026 Welsh SPS Funding The new Welsh Government has provided a three-year funding commitment to the Sustatinable Farming Scheme (SFS). This was a manifesto To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2026 Ffemio Bro Farmers are able to access a further round of Ffermio Bro funding. The scheme offers grants in Wales’ National Parks To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2026 BNG Implementation Changes to the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) rules come into effect on the 6th August. We wrote about these in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2026 Welsh Red Tape Review The new Plaid Cymru led Welsh Government has announced an independent review into the bureaucratic burden on family farms in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2026 30 By 30 The Government has published a delivery plan for how it intends to deliver its commitment to protect 30% of the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2026 Innovation, Welfare & Collaboration Grants Defra has announced grant funding across a number of areas over the past month. Innovation Grants: Under the Feasibility Studies To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2026 Peatland Grants The Government has committed £47m for peatland restoration in England with the aim of reducing carbon emissions. Three schemes will To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2026 CSHT Roll Out Countryside Stewardship will be open to more farmers in England later this summer. However, the scheme will continue to be To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 July 2026 Capital Grants 2026 Defra has said it expects to open the 2026 Capital Grants offer on 30th July 2026. This grant, not to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 July 2026 SFI26 Window 1: 75% Spent Defra has confirmed, as at 13th July, that around 75% of SFI26 Window 1 budget has now been allocated, based To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 July 2026 Agriculture in the UK The annual compendium of farming statistics, ‘Agriculture in the UK’ has been published by Defra. It is the most comprehensive To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 July 2026 SFI26 Window 1: 50% Spent Defra confirmed, late Friday (3rd July) afternoon that around 50% of the budget allocated for SFI26 Window 1 (£60m), has To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 July 2026 SFI26 Window 1: 25% Spent Defra has confirmed that around 25% of the budget allocated for SFI26 Window 1 (£60m), has already been allocated based To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 1 July 2026 SFI26 Now Open Defra has opened Window 1 of SFI26 and provided information on ‘soon-to-expire’ agreements which will be eligible to apply for To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
