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The need to provide a clearer indication of the direction of travel with Environmental Land Management schemes, is one of

The Scottish Government has selected Galloway as its preferred site for Scotland’s third National Park.  Galloway, which beat Lochaber, Loch

A report commissioned by the RSPB, National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts reveals that the UK Government needs to significantly

The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and AHDB, along with NFU Cymru, The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and NFU Scotland (NFUS)

The Welsh Government has given more detail to farmers as to which schemes which will be available in 2025.  Readers

The Planning Advisory Service (PAS) has made available a range of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) templates.  The PAS, a branch

The new Labour administration set out its legislative priorities in the King’s Speech on 17th July.  Over 35 potential Bills

Defra has released figures for English farm profits.  These show a slightly different picture to the UK figures we reported

Following its landslide victory in the General Election on 4th July, the new Labour administration is starting to bed-in. In

Three of the main carbon calculators for farming have agreed to harmonise their methodologies.  The Farm Carbon Toolkit, Cool Farm

The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill was passed into law by the Scottish Parliament on 18th June.  Royal Assent

The main political parties have set out their rural policies ahead of Election Day on July 4th.  Below is a

Details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2024 offer are now available (see earlier article for more details).  A controlled roll

UK farming made surprisingly good profits in 2023 according to Defra.  The Department has recently released figures for Total Income

Defra has announced the SFI 2023 will close for new applications at midnight on Monday 10 June (today).  However, it

In our previous article on 22nd May (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/expanded-sfi-offer-for-2024/) which reported on the expanded 2024 offer, we said the 23

Further to our article of 11th April (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/flood-relief-2/), Defra has opened up the Farming Recovery Fund to more farmers. 

Defra has announced BPS balance payments will be made from 1st September this year instead of December.  It has said

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has called a UK General Election for the 4th July.  We wait to see what

Defra has recently released statistics on Business Management practices on farms.  The information is taken from the Farm Business Survey

Defra has released information on how and when existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement holders can

The area of UK land managed according to organic principles fell in 2023 compared with 2022.  Latest figures released on