Members Only 25 April 2022 UK/Australia FTA Analysis On 13th April, the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC) published its advice to the International Trade Secretary (Anne-Marie Trevelyan) on To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 April 2022 Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (Scotland) Grants for slurry equipment are now available in Scotland. The Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS) opens in Scotland on 26th To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2022 Food Strategy The Government is expected to produce its long-awaited White Paper on Food shortly. This is the response to the National To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 April 2022 Lump Sum Retirement Scheme The Lump Sum Exit Scheme is now open for applications. Our article of 8th February provides background detail on the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 April 2022 New Welsh Schemes The Welsh Government has announced it is making £227m of funding available over the next three years (2022-2024) to support To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 April 2022 Rents and Land Values Rents The latest agricultural rents data shows quite a mixed picture. Some sectors have experienced a rise in ‘full’ Agricultural To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 31 March 2022 SFI Update Defra has released further information on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for 2022. It is now expected to open for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 31 March 2022 Fertilisers, Slurry & Manure In response to rocketing prices of fertiliser, Defra has announced a number of steps to help farmers with their nutrient To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 March 2022 Input Prices The rise in input prices had already been considerable coming into February. Between January 2021 and January 2022 the price To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 March 2022 Spring Statement The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, used the Spring Statement on the 23rd March to announce a number of policies designed to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 March 2022 Woodland Carbon Guarantee Scheme The 5th Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction will take place from midday on Monday 9th May to midday on Sunday 15th To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 March 2022 Nature Recovery Green Paper Defra has launched a Green Paper and associated consultation on the mechanisms to drive nature recovery in England. It covers To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 March 2022 Base Rates Rise The Bank of England increased the Base Rate by a further 0.25% on the 17th March. This takes the cost To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 March 2022 Environmental Targets Under the Environment Act, the Government has to set binding environmental targets for England. Defra is currently undertaking a consultation To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 March 2022 Farm Incomes Defra has released its forecasts for Farm Business Income (FBI) for 2021/22. Taken from the English Farm Business Survey (FBS), To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 March 2022 RPA Log-in Update Our article on 4th March (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/rpa-log-in/) reported on problems Agents were having when trying to access Clients’ BPS accounts To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 March 2022 Farmer Opinions Defra has released its latest information from the Farmer Opinion Tracker. This asks farmers for their views on issues such To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 March 2022 National Reserve It has been confirmed that Young Farmers and New Entrants will not be able to apply for entitlements from the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 March 2022 Scottish Farm Policy Direct payments will remain central to Scotland’s future farm support. This is the conclusion drawn from the Scottish Government’s latest To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 March 2022 UK/New Zealand Trade Deal Signed On 28th February, the UK and New Zealand signed the UK-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), formalising the agreement-in-principle which To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 March 2022 RPA Log-In There have been problems accessing the RPA’s computer systems for many Agents over the last few days. Those logging-on to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 March 2022 Farm Equipment Technology Fund The deadline for accepting a Farm Equipment and Technology Fund Agreement has been extended until 1st April 2022; originally this To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 February 2022 NI Trade Issues Intra-Ireland Trade Latest data from the Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that total agri-food trade between Northern Ireland (NI) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2022 Sustainable Farming Incentive Pilot The RPA has issued the first batch of quarterly payments under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) Pilot. These have been To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
