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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 10 September 2025 CS Higher Tier – Sept 25 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 3 September 2025 Budget Date – Sept ’25 The Autumn Budget will be held on the 26th November the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has announced. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 12 August 2025 Base Rate Cut – Aug ’25 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
