Members Only 25 September 2019 Welsh Agricultural Wages The Agricultural Advisory Panel for Wales has proposed a 1.8% pay increase across all grades for farmworkers in Wales. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2019 Countryside Productivity Large Grants Scheme Defra has confirmed there will be extra funds made available so all eligible applications made to the Countryside Productivity Large To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2019 Welsh Scheme Updates Sustainable Production Grant The Expression of Interest for the Sustainable Production Grant (SPG) is now open and closes on 11th To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2019 National Park Review Defra has published the final independent report on the review of England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 September 2019 Defra Reshuffle There has been a reshuffle in the junior Ministerial positions at Defra. Rebecca Pow has replaced Therese Coffey following her To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 September 2019 Higher Level Stewardship Readers will recall Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements due to expire in 2019 were rolled-over for another year in some To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 September 2019 Financial Discipline Those who made a BPS claim in 2018 in excess of €2,000 should be receiving a reimbursement shortly via the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 September 2019 Greenhouse Gas Emissions With its aspiration for British farming to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, the NFU has launched its Achieving To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 September 2019 Agriculture Bill Falls The Agriculture Bill will need to be reintroduced in the next Parliamentary session. Following Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament, the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 September 2019 BPS 2019 Payments will continue to be made in Euros as well as Sterling for the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme. This has To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 September 2019 No Deal Contingency Plan Details of the ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ worst-case scenario planning in the event of a No-Deal Brexit have been published. This comes To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 September 2019 Residential Lettings The Government has launched a consultation – A new Deal for Renting, seeking views on its decision to remove Section To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 September 2019 Movement of Labour EU nationals will still be able to continue to come to the UK to live and work after 31st October To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 September 2019 Spending Review The 2019 Spending Review, held on 4th September, sees Defra receive extra funding along with additional support for Scottish and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 September 2019 Local Enterprise Partnerships Many in the farming industry have quietly forgotten about Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). These were the bodies that set the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 September 2019 Strutt & Parker Farms Sold After a year on the market, the Strutt and Parker Farms business has been sold. As we reported last September, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Brexit Update – Aug ’19 Although activity in Westminster and Brussels is usually subdued during the August holidays, this year it is more of a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Hedgrows and Boundaries Capital Grants There appears to be delays in offering Hedgerows and Boundaries Capital Grants (HBCGs). Agreements should have been offered in July To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Defra Brexit Leaflet Defra has released a leaflet setting out its latest information on farming policy in England after Brexit. With the slightly To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 English Regional Statistics Defra has published detailed statistical data farm profits in different parts of England (see https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/agriculture-in-the-english-regions). It has been doing this To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 August 2019 Agri-environmental Overpayments It appears that around 1,000 Environmental and Countryside Stewardship scheme agreement holders have been paid too much. These are some To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2019 Tree Planting The water industry in England has announced plans to plant 11 million trees to support their goal of being carbon To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2019 Welsh BPS Payments Similar to last year, the Welsh Government has announced a BPS loan scheme will be available to those who do To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2019 National Food Strategy Defra has launched a ‘call for evidence’ to feed into its National Food Strategy. Readers may recall we wrote about To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
