Members Only 24 January 2024 BNG Start Date It has been confirmed that the requirement in England for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) will commence on the 12th February To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 January 2024 Flood Relief In response to the flooding caused by Storm Henk earlier in the month, the Government activated both the Flood Recovery To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 January 2024 Rural Land Changes Farmers in England and their agents can now notify RPA of changes to their land online. The new digital service, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 January 2024 ELM 2024 Steve Barclay has announced a significant update to the agri-environment scheme offering in 2024. This will see: The introduction of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2023 Nutrient Neutrality The Government has announced it will not be introducing further legislation to change the nutrient neutrality rules. This follows defeat To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2023 Carbon Tax Imports of carbon-intensive goods will be taxed from 2027 following a Government announcement. Products such as iron, steel, aluminium, hydrogen, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2023 Scottish Income Tax Income tax is to be increased in Scotland. In setting the budget for 2024-25 Shona Robison, Deputy First Minister and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2023 Welsh & Scottish Funding Cuts Farmers in Wales and Scotland looks set to bear the brunt of squeezed budgets in the develoved administrations. In both To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 December 2023 Welsh SFS Consultation The Welsh Government has provided more details on its proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) and opened a consultation on its To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 14 December 2023 30 by 30 Target Readers may be aware of the ’30 by 30′ commitment – the pledge by Government that 30% of the nation’s To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 December 2023 Welsh Water Regulations Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has confirmed the second stage of the Enhanced Nutrient Management approach has been laid before the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 December 2023 2023 BPS Payments: England The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed as of 4th December 97% of BPS 2023 claimants had received their payments. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 December 2023 Improving Farm Productivity Grants Defra has published guidance for the Improving Farm Productivity Grant. This can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-farm-productivity-grant-round-2-applicant-guidance. The second round is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 December 2023 SFI Update Defra has announced that the SFI applications portal will close between 27th December 2023 and 1st January 2024. This is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 December 2023 Cross-compliance Cross Compliance rules end at midnight on 31st December 2023 in England. However, as most rules are already part of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 December 2023 Changes to Immigration Rules On 7th December, the UK Government announced a series of changes to its immigration rules that it is proposing to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 December 2023 Protected Landscapes A series of announcements on ‘Protected Landscapes’ in England were made ahead of the COP28 Climate Summit in the UAE. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 December 2023 Farm Grants Defra has announced a new round of funding & grants opening in the next few weeks. These were made by To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 December 2023 Labour’s Policies It seems highly likely that there will be a General Election next year. Political commentators are split between the Prime To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 December 2023 BNG Regulations The Government has started publishing the detailed regulations for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). This requirement for most development in England To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 November 2023 SFI Experience As the SFI 2023 has been open for a couple months now we thought it might be useful to share To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2023 Welsh Schemes Update The Welsh Government has published its Winter Update. This gives an overview of the various agricultural policy changes that are To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2023 ELM Announcment Readers may recall that we are expecting a major announcement on Environmental Land Management (ELM). This will cover additional SFI To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2023 AHDB Chief Executive Graham Wilkinson will take over as the new Chief Executive of the AHDB in the New Year. He replaces Tim To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
