Members Only 12 July 2018 Farm Regulation Review The regulation and inspection of farms in England could see a big shake-up if the recommendations of a review currently To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 July 2018 Environmental Stewardship Payment Update We have written previously about the delay in payments to ES agreement holders. The expectation was that all 2017 payments To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 July 2018 Hot Weather Stewardship Derogations England Natural England has received a number of requests for derogations due to the hot and dry weather, particularly to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 July 2018 Welsh Post Brexit Consultation The Welsh Government has joined those from Scotland and England in publishing its ideas for supporting agriculture after the UK To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 July 2018 Global Demand for Food Global demand for food is set to slow down over the next 10 years. This is the forecast from the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 July 2018 Rented Sector The Government is seeking views on overcoming the barriers to Landlords offering longer tenancies in the private rented housing sector. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 July 2018 UK’s Brexit Negotiating Proposals On Friday 6th July, the Cabinet finally appeared to reach agreement on its negotiating proposals for the future trading relationship To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 July 2018 Brexit Secretary Resigns The Cabinet’s unity on the Chequers negotiating proposals on Brexit (see accompanying article) lasted barely 48 hours as David Davis resigned To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 July 2018 Tesco and Carrefour Two of Europe’s largest retailers have announced a ‘strategic alliance’. Tesco and the French-based business Carrefour have announced a tie-up To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 June 2018 Rights of EU Citizens Post-Brexit On 26th June, the UK Government published proposals intended to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 June 2018 Brexit Update – Jun ’18 Last week marked the two-year anniversary of the historic Brexit vote and this week’s June European Council will be the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 June 2018 Mid-tier Deadline Extended DEFRA has confirmed that the deadline for Mid-tier Countryside Stewardship applications, including the four new Wildlife Offers, has been extended To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 June 2018 Scottish BPS Payments The Scottish Government has confirmed it has achieved the payment target of 95.24% of BPS, including Greening and Young Farmer To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 June 2018 EU-WTO Tariff Rate Quotas On 26th June, the EU Commission was authorised to open formal negotiations with WTO on how to divide-up existing tariff To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2018 Scottish Support Consultation The Scottish Government published its consultation on ‘rural funding’ post- Brexit, on the 20th June. It is looking for comments To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2018 LFASS Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has confirmed the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) will continue for 2019. As outlined To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2018 Welsh Grants Update A reminder that the fourth round of the Farm Business Grant in Wales closes on 29th June 2018. The grant To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 June 2018 CS Bridging Payments DEFRA has announced that bridging payments will be made to some 2017 Countryside Stewardship (CS) claimants. We have reported previously To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2018 Financial Discipline 2018 The EU Commission is proposing a rate of Financial Discipline for 2018 payments of 1.42%. This is slightly higher than To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 June 2018 Natural England Chair to Retire Natural England’s chair, Andrew Sells, has announced he will retire from his position in January 2019. Mr Sells has been To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 June 2018 Agriculture Bill and Capping In a surprise announcement, DEFRA Secretary, Michael Gove, has stated that the draft Agriculture Bill will be published before the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 15 June 2018 Fertiliser Markets New season nitrogen prices show a considerable increase on last year. The cost of ammonium nitrate opened at £220-£230 per tonne To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 14 June 2018 Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme – jun ’18 DEFRA has confirmed arrangements for those who are struggling to get their items delivered within the 150 day Countryside Productivity To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 June 2018 Temporary Customs Arrangement After a fraught discussions at Cabinet level, the UK Government has released a Technical Note setting out its proposals for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
