Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 10 June 2022 Farm Practices Defra has released the results from its latest Farm Practices Survey (FPS). The Survey, run in February 2022, focused on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 10 June 2022 Scotland’s Rural Land Market & Values Scottish farmland values increased by more than 30% in 2021 according to a recently published report. Values for the poorest To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 30 May 2022 Local Nature Recovery Info Defra has provided a little more detail on the upcoming Local Nature Recovery (LNR) scheme. In a post on its To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 May 2022 SFI: Full Guidance Defra has now published the full (and final) guidance for SFI 2022. This can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sustainable-farming-incentive-guidance. As has To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 May 2022 Farming Transformation Fund As in the previous round of the Farming Transformation Fund, Defra is making the manual for the next theme; ‘Adding To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 May 2022 Farming Innovation Programme A new round of the Farming Innovation Programme is now open. Farmers and foresters can apply for funding towards innovative To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 24 May 2022 Welsh Schemes Open A number of grants will be available over the next three years to assist Welsh farmers during the transition to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 May 2022 ‘Super’ National Nature Reserve A new ‘super’ National Nature Reserve (NNR) has been designated. The Somerset Wetlands NNR will protect 6,140 hectares of saltmarsh, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 May 2022 Organic Farming Defra Statistics The area of UK land managed according to organic principles grew again in 2021. Latest figures released on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 May 2022 Northern Ireland Protocol Wrangling On 17 May, the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, made a statement in the House of Commons on the Government’s intention To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 May 2022 Inflation The headline rate of inflation jumped to 9% in April. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) recorded its highest level of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 16 May 2022 Queens Speech The Government has set out its legislative agenda for the next Parliamentary session in the Queen’s Speech (given this year To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 16 May 2022 Farm Profits Rise Total Income from Farming UK farm profits improved by 14% in real terms between 2020 and 2021 according to Defra. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 16 May 2022 Glyphosate Availability Extension Glyphosate is likely to remain available to British farmers until at least 2026 as a result of a decision by To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 16 May 2022 Business Models Handbook A new guide to joint ventures in farming has been released. Called ‘Business Models to Unlock Future Farming Potential’ it To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
