Members Only 7 December 2022 English BPS Payments As at the 6th December the RPA reported that it had made 2022 BPS payments to 95.3% of farmers. This To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 December 2022 Renewable Heat Support The Scottish Government has announced improved grants for renewable heating. Under the Home Energy Scotland scheme there is a £7,500 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 December 2022 New Entrant Support Pilot A pilot scheme has been launched to help support new entrants to farming. A New Entrant Support Scheme was one To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 December 2022 ELM Review It has now been confirmed that an amended Countryside Stewardship will form the second strand of Environmental Land Management (ELM). To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 November 2022 Farm Business Income Updated English Farm Business Income (FBI) figures for 2021/22 were published by Defra at the beginning of November. These update To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 November 2022 Trade Update After a relatively quiet few months on the trade policy front, recent weeks have seen a resurrection of previous debates To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 November 2022 Slurry Infrastructure Grant The new Slurry Infrastructure Grant will open for applications in England on 6th December and close on 31st January 2023. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 November 2022 ELM Change Leaked reports suggest that Defra is looking to amend its plans for Environmental Land Management (ELM). This comes following the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 November 2022 November Budget The latest Budget was delivered by the fourth Chancellor of 2022, Jeremy Hunt, on the 17th November. It was designed To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 November 2022 Scottish Conditionality The Scottish Government will enact legislation to allow it to impose ‘conditionality’ on support payments. The proposed Agriculture Bill, currently To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 November 2022 Soil Test Claims Scottish farmers can now claim for their soil analyses. This is part of the National Test Programme: Preparing for Sustainable Farming To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 November 2022 Interest Rate Rises The Bank of England increased the UK base rate by 0.75% on the 3rd November – the largest single rise To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 November 2022 Environmental Targets The Government has failed to set environmental targets in the areas of air quality, water quality, biodiversity and waste reduction. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 November 2022 Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund – Nov ’22 The latest round of the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund opened for applications on 7th November. The Fund supports facilitators to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 November 2022 Junior Defra Ministers Following the appointment of Therese Coffey as Defra Secretary of State (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/new-minister/), there hasn’t been too much change with To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 October 2022 New Minister The third Defra Secretary of State since the start of September is now in place. Ranil Jayawardena’s tenure lasted 1 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 October 2022 Welsh Residential Tenancies The letting of houses in Wales will see significant changes from the 1st December. The provisions of the Renting Homes (Wales) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 October 2022 Economic U~Turns Following days of political and economic upheaval, many of the plans announced in the ‘Mini-Budget’ of the 23rd September, that To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 October 2022 Tenancy Review The independant Tenancy Working Group (TWG) has set out its recommendations to Government on how to deliver a more resilient To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 October 2022 Catchment Sensitive Farming The Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) programme has been extended to the whole of England. This means all English farmers can To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 October 2022 Welsh Agriculture Bill The ‘first-ever’ Agriculture Bill for Wales has been laid before the Senedd. Like the equivalent Bills in England and Scotland, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 October 2022 Horticulture Support The Government has announced plans to boost domestic horticulture. An additional £12.5m will be channeled through the Farming Innovation Programme To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 October 2022 Scottish BPS Payments Scottish farmers have been receiving their 2022 BPS payments. We wrote previously (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/2022-bps-payments-scotland/) that Scottish farmers and crofters would To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 September 2022 Nov Budget After the chaos unleased in financial markets by the ‘mini-budget’ at the end of September, the Government has promised a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
