Members Only 15 November 2019 £50m Incentive to Plant Trees Defra is encouraging farmers and landowners in England to plant more trees and create new woodland to help tackle climate To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 November 2019 Scotland’s Convergence Funding It appears Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary has already made changes to how the £160m ‘Convergence Funding’ will be allocated. Our To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 November 2019 Welsh Schemes Update BPS 2019 Payments The BPS Support Scheme application is available on RPW Online. The deadline for applications is 29th November. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 November 2019 Model Clauses From 1st November 2019 new repairing and insuring Model Clauses came into effect in Wales. The Agriculture (Model Clauses for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 November 2019 Growth Programme Defra has announced the RDPE Growth Programme has opened for a further round of applications. Funding is available under three To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 November 2019 BPS 2019 Payment Rate The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has announced the payment levels under the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) for England. As To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 November 2019 Farm Business Income Revised figures from Defra show profits fell across most farm types in 2018/19. Taken from the Farm Business Survey (FBS), To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 November 2019 Rural Mobile Coverage The Government is teaming-up with the mobile phone industry in a £1 billion deal to banish rural not-spots. The aim To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 November 2019 Scottish Convergence Funding Fergus Ewing, Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary has announced the first £80m of the £160m ‘convergence funding’ will be paid in To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 October 2019 Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme – Oct ’19 Defra has confirmed all eligible applications to the second round of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme (CPSGS) have been To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 October 2019 Dutch Farmer Protests Dutch farmers have been protesting throughout October against new environmental restrictions that the Government of the Netherlands is proposing. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 October 2019 Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement Bill Having concluded negotiations with the EU on a revised Brexit Deal last week (see accompanying article), on 22nd October, Boris To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 October 2019 Brexit Deal Reached On 17th October, UK and EU negotiators agreed a new Withdrawal Agreement for the UK’s exit from the EU. Many To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 October 2019 Queen’s Speech and Ag Bill With the end of the Parliamentary session on 8th October the Agricultural Bill ‘fell’ as it had not been passed. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 October 2019 Payment by Results AES Promising results have been reported from pilot studies assessing a Payment by Results (PBR) agri-environment scheme. The Results Based Agri-Environment To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 October 2019 US Impose Tariffs The US is introducing retaliatory tariffs on a whole raft of products imported from the EU, including food. The full To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 14 October 2019 Budget Date – Oct ’19 The date for the next Budget has been announced as the 6th November. The Chancellor, Sajid Javid has stated that To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 October 2019 UK Government’s Backstop Alternative After weeks of speculation interspersed with non-papers, the UK Government formally tabled its proposals on an alternative for the Backstop To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 October 2019 NFUS Joint Venture Hub A land matching service has been launched in Scotland. The Joint Venture Hub is aimed at bringing together young, enthusiastic To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 October 2019 Land Market Survey The RICS and the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) have decided not to publish their latest edition of the Rural Land To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 30 September 2019 BPS Conversion Rate 2019 BPS payments for 2019 will be converted at a rate of €1 = £0.89092. This is very close to (-0.2%) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2019 Euro Conversion Rate The average £/€ exchange rate in September sets the conversion of the year’s BPS from Euros into Sterling. At the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2019 Mercosur Trade Deal The Austrian Government has rejected the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur (a group of South American countries). To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2019 Brexit – The Tumult Continues This past month has been one of, if not the most, tumultuous of the entire Brexit process. It started off To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
