Members Only 10 January 2020 Agriculture Bill Returns The Agriculture Bill will return to Parliament before the end of January, with a view to it becoming law by To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 January 2020 SRUC and Adas Joint Venture The Scottish Rural College (SRUC) and Adas are to form a new joint venture aimed at the agricultural sector. Running To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 January 2020 Farm Profits Up for 2019 Farm profitability increased by 16% in 2019 compared to the year before, according to Defra forecasts. The Department has released To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 January 2020 BPS Funds Maintained for 2020 The Government has announced that the 2020 BPS will be fully-funded at 2019 levels. In addition, it has also reiterated To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 31 December 2019 Minimum Wages Rates The National Living Wage will increase by 6.2% from April. The minimum rate of pay for those 25 years old To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 December 2019 Woodland Carbon Guarantee Scheme The deadline for applications to the new Woodland Carbon Guarantee (WCaG) scheme has been extended from 10th January to Friday To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 December 2019 Zac Goldsmith Former MP Zac Goldsmith will remain as Environment Minister. Mr Goldsmith has been given a life peerage, which means although To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 December 2019 Exchange Rate Impacts Following the General Election on 12th December 2019 which heralded another Conservative administration the Pound has strengthened to £0.83 to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 December 2019 Stewardship 2020 A reminder that, notwithstanding Brexit, the Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme will be open for applications in 2020, for a 1st To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 December 2019 Climate Talks Stall Countries attending the UN Climate Change Summit in Madrid have failed to agree decisive new measures to limit greenhouse gas To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 December 2019 BPS Update – Dec ’19 England Latest figures from the RPA show 92.4% of claimants in England received their 2019 BPS by Friday 13th December. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 December 2019 LFASS Payments Scottish upland farmers will soon be receiving an advance on their 2019 Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) payments. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 December 2019 Agricultural Wage Rates The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has recommended that farmworkers wages continue to track the National Living Wage (NLW) from the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 December 2019 Cross Compliance Guidance – Dec ’19 The 2020 edition of the ‘Guide to Cross Compliance in England’ has been published. This can be found at – To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 December 2019 Future Relationship Talks With the Withdrawal Agreement now looking certain to pass following the General Election result, the focus is turning to the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 December 2019 General Election: Thumping Tory Majority The Conservatives have secured their biggest overall majority since 1987. At the time of writing, they have 364 seats (only To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 December 2019 Agri-environment Payments – Dec ’19 Readers may recall that 2019 Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) scheme payments are to be made in one To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 December 2019 Woodland Carbon Guarantee Scheme Defra has announced the dates for the first online auction under the Woodland Carbon Guarantee (WCaG) scheme. Following the launch To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 November 2019 New EU Commission A new European Commission starts work on the 1st December. The Commission is often called the EU’s Civil Service, but To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 November 2019 Welsh BPS Retained for 2021 The Welsh Government has confirmed the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will continue in Wales in 2021, as long as sufficient To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 November 2019 2019 BPS Payments With payments due to commence on 2nd December (the 1st is a Sunday), one piece of information was lacking in To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 November 2019 Election Manifestos and Farming Ahead of the General Election on Thursday 12th December the main Parties have all published their manifestos. Although farming is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 November 2019 BPS 2020 We have received some questions on what is happening for the 2020 BPS. The previous Government stated (repeatedly) that the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 November 2019 Flooding Support Those badly affected by the floods across Yorkshire and the Midlands will be able to apply for grants of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
