Subscribers Only 25 August 2022 Farming Innovation Programme Further to our article last month (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/funding-for-farm-based-protein/) Defra has announced a further two ‘competitions’ via the Farming Innovation Programme. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 August 2022 Grazing & Cutting CS and ES Options Due to the hot, dry, weather Defra has announced ‘temporary requirement adjustments’ to some Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 August 2022 Nutrient Mitigation Scheme Defra has announced support for a Nutrient Mitigation Scheme to try and reduce pollution but also allow Local Planning Authorities To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 August 2022 Biodiversity Metric Defra has launched a Consultation on proposed ‘technical’ changes to the Biodiversity Metric. This is a additional consultation to the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 August 2022 Interest Rate Hikes The Bank of England (BoE) has raised interest rates by 0.50% in a bid to reduce inflation. The rise of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2022 Ireland: GHG Emissions Reduction Target After much debate, the coalition partners of the Irish Government finally agreed on a 25% reduction target for greenhouse gas To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 July 2022 Farm Policy and Schemes: England Defra has published its new ‘Farming policies and payments in England‘ booklet. Running to about 20 pages it summarises the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 July 2022 Funding for Farm-Based Protein Defra has announced funding for projects to help increase domestic production of healthy sustainable protein. The ‘competition’ which was launched To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 July 2022 Trade Update – July 2022 Although summer is often quieter on the trade front, there have been a couple of developments in recent weeks which To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
