Members Only 8 February 2021 English Future Farm Support This year sees the start of the Basic Payment being phased out and we will also get further details of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 February 2021 Cross Compliance Breaches Defra has published the 2019 Cross Compliance inspection results. The usual categories remain at the top of the most failed To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 February 2021 All Wales NVZ Designation All of Wales is to become a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone. The Welsh Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 February 2021 Land & Entitlement Transfers England Defra has announced it is now possible to transfer land parcels and BPS entitlements for 2021. The functionality on To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 January 2021 LFASS Payments & Convergence Funds Farmers in Scotland are due to receive an additional £71.8m of funding in 2020 direct payments. This is the second To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 January 2021 UK-EU TCA ‘Teething Problems’ Having been agreed on Christmas Eve and becoming effective just over one week later, it is unsurprising that challenges have To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 January 2021 Slurry Storage The Scottish Government has opened a consultation on introducing new rules on the storage of silage, slurry and digestate. Under To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 January 2021 Environment Bill Progress The Environment Bill has passed the Committee stage in the House of Commons. It now moves on the the House To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 January 2021 Trade Agreements with Non-EU Countries With the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) in place, attention will increasingly shift towards Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 January 2021 BPS and Agri-environment Payments The RPA paid just under 98% of 2020 BPS claims in December. The agency paid about 82,500 eligible claimants more To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 January 2021 Insect Safe for Human Consumption Yellow mealworms are safe for human consumption according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The insect has become the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 January 2021 Farm Business Income Defra has released its revised Farm Business Income (FBI) figures for 2019/20. Taken from the English Farm Business Survey (FBS), To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 January 2021 Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme – Jan ’21 Defra has announced the Round 3 claim deadline has been extended by two months. Applicants now have until midnight on To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 January 2021 Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Zones for 2021-2024 The Environment Agency has concluded its four yearly review of Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) and has recommended To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 January 2021 Scottish Agricultural Wages The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) is seeking views on a proposed increase to wages. The proposal is for a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 January 2021 Cross Compliance – Jan ’21 Similar to England and Wales, Scotland has confirmed there are no changes to GAEC and SMRs for 2021. The previous To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 January 2021 AECS Reopens The Agri Environment and Climate Scheme (AECS) is to reopen in Scotland in 2021 – but on a very limited To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 December 2020 Brexit Deal On 24th December, the UK farming industry has received an early Christmas present as a Free-Trade Deal (FTA) was agreed To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 December 2020 SAWS Extension The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) will be extended to 30,000 places for 2021. The Government has announced that the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 December 2020 Cross Compliance – Dec ’20 The 2021 rules for cross-compliance have been published in both England and Wales. In both cases the requirements are pretty-much To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 December 2020 Brexit Update – Dec ’20 Last month, we reported that time was almost up in the Brexit negotiations and last weekend, it looked as if To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 December 2020 Welsh Farm Support The Welsh Government has set out plans to replace the BPS with its Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). However, those eager To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 December 2020 Northern Ireland Protocol Agreement On 7th December the UK and EU announced that they agreed ‘in principle’ how the Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol would To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 December 2020 Welsh 2020 BPS Payments The Welsh Government has announced it paid over 94.6% of Welsh farm businesses either their full BPS or the BPS To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
