Members Only 21 February 2019 NFU Future of Food Report The NFU launched its ‘Future of Food 2040’ report at its annual conference in mid-February. The document looks at the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 February 2019 Countryside Stewardship 2018 Payments Michael Gove announced at the NFU Conference that bridging payments will begin for Countryside Stewardship (CS) 2018 payments from the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 February 2019 RLE1 Forms We understand from the RPA that it is a good time to be submitting RLE1s. According to the Agency it To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 February 2019 Natural England Chairman A life-long environmentalist is set to become the next Chairman of Natural England. The Environment Secretary has announced Tony Juniper To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 February 2019 UK Organic Market The organic food market in the UK has grown for the seventh consecutive year according to the latest report from To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 February 2019 Welsh Scheme Update Below are some key dates for schemes in Wales: BPS – The Single Application Form (SAF) will be available from 4th March; To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 February 2019 Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme – Feb ’19 Like many of our readers, we were expecting the second round of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) Scheme to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 February 2019 LFASS 2018 Payments The Scottish Government has announced it will again be offering a nationally-funded loan scheme to those eligible for LFASS 2018 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 February 2019 BPS & CS Key Dates The RPA has confirmed the online Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications window will open on 13th March. The announcement has To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 January 2019 Brexit Votes On 29th January, Parliament voted on a series of Brexit amendments which sought to give some clarity on the future To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 January 2019 Tariffs Under No Deal As the political chaos continues, we have had a few queries of what the practical effect of a ‘No-Deal Brexit’ To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 January 2019 Entitlement and Land Transfers Open It is now possible to transfer English entitlements and land ahead of the 2019 BPS claim. The RPA has ‘switched To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 January 2019 Defra Food Policy Michael Gove’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference at the start of January saw a subtle shift in the Government’s To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 January 2019 Machinery Investment English farmers spent almost £2bn on machinery and equipment in the 2017/18 year. This finding comes from Farm Business Survey To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 January 2019 BPS Update – Jan ’19 2018 Payments The RPA has confirmed 93.4% of eligible applicants received their 2018 Basic Payment by the end of December. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 January 2019 Brexit Reaching Tipping Point On 15th January, the Government suffered a historic defeat (by 230 votes) in its first bid to get Parliament to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 January 2019 New Renewables Support The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation on proposals for future low-carbon small-scale electricity To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 January 2019 Scottish Forestry Support Fergus Ewing, has announced two initiatives which aim to provide ‘stability and simplicity’ for the forestry sector during Brexit. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 January 2019 LFASS The Scottish Government has announced LFASS support will continue in 2020 but at a much reduced rate. Our article back To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 January 2019 Scottish CAP Payments Scotland has published a payment schedule for when CAP payments will be made to farmers and crofters in 2019 for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 January 2019 Tenancy Reform Defra announced back in November that it would be launching a consultation on agricultural tenancy reform in January 2019. Due To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 December 2018 FITs Closure The Government has confirmed that the current Feed-in Tariff regime for renewable electricity will close for new applications as from To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 December 2018 Defra Environmental Publications Just before Christmas, Defra issued a flurry of documents on environmental issues. First came a Resources and Waste Strategy for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 December 2018 Scottish Budget Changes to the Scottish Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) which will affect agricultural land were announced in the Scottish To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
