Members Only 11 December 2025 Red Tractor Review Red Tractor has announced it will be reviewing its farm standards in 2026. The farm assurance body will be carrying To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 December 2025 Environmental Improvement Plan The Government has re-stated its commitment to the environment with the publication of a revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) 2025. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 December 2025 CS Mid Tier Extensions Mid-tier agreements under Countryside Stewardship, due to expire at the end of this year, will be extended for a further To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2025 New AHDB Chief Exec The AHDB has appointed Helen Herniman as its new permanent Chief Executive. She will take up her post on the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2025 Farm Profitability Review At the time of writing (27th November), Minette Batters’ Farm Profitability review had still not been published by Defra. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 November 2025 Budget 2025 The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, set out her second Budget on the 26th November – one of the latest in the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 November 2025 Farm Business Income The latest farm profitability figures show a divergence in the fortunes of the arable and livestock sectors. This comes from To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 November 2025 Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) RPA has confirmed it will commence making HLS payments from the beginning of December. Readers may recall that the rates To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 November 2025 Scottish Land Reform Bill The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill has been passed. The Bill which was introduced back in March 2024 (see Bulletin article To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 November 2025 New National Forest Defra has announced a new National Forest will be planted in the Oxford-Cambridge corridor. This is the second new National To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 November 2025 Farm Profitabilty Review Minette Batter’s sixth-month Farm Profitability Review was submitted to Defra Secretary, Emma Reynolds, on 31st October. Defra is expected to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 October 2025 SFS Impact Assessment The Welsh Government has published the ‘business case’ for the introduction of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). This can be To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 October 2025 Scottish Grant Boost The Future Farming Investment Scheme (FFIS) is to receive an additional £7.4m of funding. The uplift was announced by Cabinet To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 October 2025 Positivity Towards British Agriculture British consumers feel more positive about British agriculture in 2025 than at any point in the last seven years. This To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 October 2025 Welsh BPS Payments The Welsh Government has started to send out 2025 BPS advanced payments to eligible claimants. As of 14th October, £158m To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 October 2025 New Defra Head Defra has appointed a new head civil servant. The Permanent Secretary to the Department will be Paul Kissack. Mr Kissack To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 October 2025 Water Restoration Fund Defra has released information on the projects that were successful under the Water Restoration Fund (WRF). Back in 2024, the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 30 September 2025 Farm Energy Recent statistics show that on-farm production of renewable energy and the completion of carbon audits are becoming more mainstream in To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 September 2025 Commissioner for the Tenant Farming Sector Alan Laidlaw has been appointed as England’s first Commissioner for the Tenant Farming Sector. Mr Laidlaw has more than 25 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 September 2025 Trade Update Formal Talks for UK-EU SPS Agreement are Underway Following on from the UK-EU Summit Agreement in May to have a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 September 2025 Farming Equipment & Technology Fund Defra has confirmed it is sending out Grant Funding Agreements (GFAs) under the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 September 2025 CS Higher Tier The Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) will open for applications in the week commencing 15th September. However, this is only To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 September 2025 Changes at Defra Emma Reynolds, MP for Wycombe, has been appointed Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs—her first Cabinet role. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 September 2025 Budget Date The Autumn Budget will be held on the 26th November the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has announced. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
