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The Scottish Farm Advisory Service (FAS) has announced the business resilience planning specialist advice grant will be extended indefinitely.  The

Defra has launched a new online tool to help calculate the value of ‘natural capital’.  The ‘Enabling a Natural Capital

The landmark Environment Bill has been introduced to Parliament.  As reported in our article in October (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/queens-speech-and-ag-bill/) the new

Countryside Stewardship 2021 The Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020 have been published.  This will allow applications to be made to

Glastir Entry & Advanced Support Scheme The Glastir Entry and Advanced Support Scheme, subject to certain eligibility criteria, is available

Fergus Ewing has announced the first tranche of Convergence Funding will be paid before the end of March.  The £90

The way land is used in the UK will have to see a ‘transformation’ if the country is to meet its

The new Agriculture Bill contains some amendments to the tenancy legislation in England and Wales (see previous article https://abcbooks.co.uk/agriculture-bill-2020/).  This

The Agriculture Bill was set before Parliament on the 16th January.  This will set the framework for agricultural policy in

We have had a few inquiries as to whether the three crop rule will be relaxed because of the wet

Further to our article in December (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/lfass-payments-3/) the first tranche of LFASS loan payments have now started.  The Scottish

For those English farmers who need to transfer land and/or entitlements in preparation for this year’s BPS claim, the RPA

The first Budget of the new Government will be on the 11th March.  The Chancellor, Sajid Javid has pledged to

The Agriculture Bill will return to Parliament before the end of January, with a view to it becoming law by

The Scottish Rural College (SRUC) and Adas are to form a new joint venture aimed at the agricultural sector.   Running

Farm profitability increased by 16% in 2019 compared to the year before, according to Defra forecasts.  The Department has released

The Government has announced that the 2020 BPS will be fully-funded at 2019 levels.  In addition, it has also reiterated

The National Living Wage will increase by 6.2% from April.  The minimum rate of pay for those 25 years old

The deadline for applications to the new Woodland Carbon Guarantee (WCaG) scheme has been extended from 10th January to Friday

Former MP Zac Goldsmith will remain as Environment Minister.  Mr Goldsmith has been given a life peerage, which means although

Following the General Election on 12th December 2019 which heralded another Conservative administration the Pound has strengthened to £0.83 to

A reminder that, notwithstanding Brexit, the Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme will be open for applications in 2020, for a 1st

Countries attending the UN Climate Change Summit in Madrid have failed to agree decisive new measures to limit greenhouse gas

England Latest figures from the RPA show 92.4% of claimants in England received their 2019 BPS by Friday 13th December.