Subscribers Only 6 September 2022 Landscape Recovery Pilots Defra has announced 22 projects that will be funded under the pilot phase of Landscape Recovery. The projects will share To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 September 2022 Rural Funding Boost The Government has committed £110m to help improve rural economies. This is effectively a replacement for the previous LEADER and To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 September 2022 Scottish BPS Payments The Scottish Government has announced the payment rates under the 2022 BPS. These are set out in the table below To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 August 2022 Fertiliser and CO2 The fertiliser market has entered another period of turmoil after a quieter few months. The price of natural gas has To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
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
