Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
