Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 14 August 2019 Climate Change and Land – IPCC Report On 8th August, the UN-affiliated Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its report on how land usage contributes to, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 August 2019 Single Agri Environment Payments All agri-environment payments in England are to move to a once-yearly basis. Up to now there has been a 75% To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 August 2019 CS Facilitation Fund – Aug ’19 Defra has opened another round of the Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund on the 5th August. £2.5m is to be made To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 31 July 2019 Brexit Aid Package? It is reported that the Government is planning a £500m scheme to buy-up finished livestock in the event of a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2019 Sterling Weakness Over the last few days Sterling has weakened against the Euro as fears of a No-Deal Brexit have increased. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 July 2019 Boris and Agriculture Boris Johnson finally got the job he has been chasing for so long when he became Prime Minister on the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 July 2019 Conservation Covenants The Government plans to introduce legislation to create conservation covenants in England. This announcement came in a Policy Statement to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 July 2019 Advance Scottish BPS Payments Scottish farmers will once again receive an advance on their BPS payments. The Scottish Government has announced that loans of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 July 2019 RSA Food Report A new report has recently been published making recommendations on how food, farming and the countryside need to change to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 July 2019 Theresa Villiers Becomes Defra Sectretary Defra has a new leader in the form of Theresa Villiers. Following his appointment as Prime Minister on the 24th To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2019 New EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been appointed as the new President of the EU Commission – one of the most To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 July 2019 Welsh Policy Consultation The Welsh farming industry has another chance to comment on post-Brexit support policy. As we wrote last month, a further To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 July 2019 Sector Productivity The productivity of English lowland beef and sheep farms dropped by 21% between 1990/91 and 2017/18. Livestock farms in the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 July 2019 Defra Chief Scientist Defra has appointed a new Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA), Professor Gideon Henderson. Professor Henderson has been head of Earth Sciences To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 9 July 2019 Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme – Jul ’19 The second application window for the Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) has finally opened. Initially, we expected the second round To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 July 2019 Inheritance Tax Review Gifts could become exempt from Inheritance Tax (IHT) after five years, rather than the current seven, if the recommendations of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 July 2019 Food Review Defra has finally published the Terms of Reference of an independent review into the food sector. As we reported back To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 July 2019 EU Agrees Mercosur and Vietnam Trade Deals On 28th June, twenty years to the day that negotiations started, the EU and Mercosur reached a political agreement on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
