Members Only 2 September 2025 Innovation Grants Two new funding rounds will be available shortly through the Farming Innovation Programme (FIP). The FIP funds research, innovation and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 September 2025 Landscape Recovery Update Defra has announced two projects have moved to the ‘Delivery Phase’ under the Landscape Recovery (LR) scheme. LR is the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 August 2025 Scottish BPS Rates The Scottish Government is due to start issuing advance payments on the 2025 BPS at the start of September. Advances To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 August 2025 Tariff Update Following the initial announcement of a trade deal in July between the US and EU (see previous article), a Joint To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2025 Scottish Policy Update Change in Scotland’s support schemes has been very slow in arriving. It seems increasingly likely that meaningful reform is slipping To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2025 Welsh Schemes Update The Welsh Government has announced the availability of a number of schemes to support farm businesses in the transition to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 August 2025 Base Rate Cut The Bank of England reduced its Base Rate by 0.25% to 4% on the 7th August. This is the 5th To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 August 2025 Grazing Derogations Farmers in England can apply for a temporary grazing derogation on some Countryside Stewardship or SFI options. The announcement comes To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 31 July 2025 Capital Grants: Closed The (environmental) Capital Grants scheme has now closed. According to a blog post issued by Defra on the 1st August To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2025 US/EU ‘Trade Deal’ On 27th July, the US and the EU agreed a trade deal that will levy a 15% tariff on most To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 July 2025 EA Inspections Defra has said Environment Agency (EA) farm inspections will be increasing by about 50% after a ‘funding boost’. Defra states To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 July 2025 CS Higher Tier The Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) will open for applications in September – but only for those that have already To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 July 2025 UK/India Trade Deal On 24th July, the UK and Indian Prime Ministers formally signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which was initially announced To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 July 2025 Food Strategy The Government has published its Food Strategy for England called ‘Towards a Good Food Cycle’. It sets out the challenges To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 July 2025 Agriculture in the UK The annual compendium of farming statistics, ‘Agriculture in the UK’ has been published by Defra. The document covers all of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 July 2025 Capital Grants: 50% Spent According to Defra, half of the budget for the capital grants scheme has already been ‘allocated’. The scheme only opened To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 July 2025 Inheritance Tax The legislation to enact the changes to Inheritance Tax outlined in the autumn Budget has now been published. For those To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 July 2025 Sustainable Farming Scheme: Wales The Welsh Government has published details of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) which commences on 1st January 2026. The SFS To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 July 2025 EU Budget The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) may have a far lower level of future funding – but not for some time. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 July 2025 Reopened SFI The SFI 2024 offer re-opened for certain applicants at 12 noon on 7th July. Applications can be made during a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 July 2025 Capital Grants Offer: England Defra has announced the re-opening of the Capital Grants offer as from 3rd July 2025. This is the scheme that To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2025 Farming Rules for Water Defra as updated its statutory guidance for enforcing the Farming Rules for Water. The guidance does not amend the regulations; To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2025 Scottish Policy Announcements The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands made several announcements at the Royal Highland Show. These included; The launch To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2025 New Scottish Capital Grant Scheme The new Future Farming Investment Scheme will open on 14th July for farmers and crofters in Scotland. It closes on To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
