Members Only 21 July 2022 Review of ELM Roll-Out The Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has launched a probe into the Governments roll-out of the Environmental Land To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 July 2022 BPS England The RPA has started to make BPS advance payments to farmers in England as of 19th July. The agency expects To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 July 2022 Organic Conversion Scheme: Wales The Organic Conversion Scheme (OCS) opened in Wales for Expressions of Interest (EoI) on 18th July and will close on To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 July 2022 Future Farming Resilience Fund Defra has announced the next phase of the Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) will commence in October 2022. Through the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 July 2022 Grants for Nutrient Management: Wales The Nutrient Management Investment Scheme is now open in Wales and will close on 12th August 2022. This is one To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 July 2022 Agriculture in the UK – Jul ’22 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 13 July 2022 Defra Ministers Defra has seen relatively few change in its Ministers, despite all the political turmoil in Westminster. In the wave of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 July 2022 Climate Change Report At the end of last month, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) presented its latest Progress Report to Parliament. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 July 2022 Exchange Rates A decline in the value of Sterling, especially against the Dollar, has gone somewhat un-noticed over the past few months. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 July 2022 Future Farm Support in Wales The Welsh Government has outlined proposals for the new Sustainable Farming Scheme, which will replace the Basic Payment Scheme and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 July 2022 Land Reform Scotland The Scottish Government has issued a Land Reform consultation with a particular focus on the management and sale of land To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 July 2022 Legacy HLS and CS New legislation is expected to be introduced shortly to allow the continuation of old Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) and Countryside To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 July 2022 English Farm Profitability Farm profits in England rose 17% in real terms between 2020 and 2021. This is in line with the figures To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 July 2022 Sustainable Farming Incentive The initial stage of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) launched on 30th June. There is no deadline date for applications, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 June 2022 FTA Negotiations with Gulf Cooperation Council The UK launched Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on 22nd June. This is seen To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 June 2022 Sustainable Farming Incentive Defra has confirmed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will open for applications from 30th June. This is the first part To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 June 2022 Scotland’s Biodiversity Strategy Scotland is consulting on a new Biodiversity Strategy aimed at halting nature loss by 2030 and reversing it by 2045. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 June 2022 2022 BPS Payments Scotland Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has announced, subject to the approval of the Scottish Parliament, that farmers and crofters will To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2022 EU Proposals on NI Protocol Flexibilities On 15th June, the EU Commission published two position papers fleshing out its October proposals (click here for more detail) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2022 Scotland’s Transition to Net Zero Increased funding for peatland and woodland restoration in Scotland has been announced. The plans have been published in the Scottish To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2022 Sustainable Farming Scheme Wales – Jun ’22 The Welsh Government is asking farmers and other members of the rural community to help with co-designing the Sustainable Farming To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2022 Welsh Residential Tenancies Changes to Welsh residential tenancy legislation has been delayed. The (long awaited) Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 should have come To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 June 2022 Government Food Strategy The Government’s much-delayed Food Strategy has been met with a mixed reception on its eventual release. The White Paper responds To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 June 2022 Farming Transformation Fund Further to our article published on 25th May (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/farming-transformation-fund/) the Adding Value theme of the Farming Transformation Fund is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
