Members Only 9 February 2017 Scottish Greening Rules Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, has announced planned changes to the Greening rules in Scotland. The aim is to introduce To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 February 2017 Brexit White Paper The Government has formally published its plan for Brexit. Snappily entitled ‘The United Kingdom’s Exit From And New Partnership With To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 February 2017 Scottish Agricultural Wages Following the consultation held in December the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board has agreed that there will be a single minimum To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 February 2017 CAP Reform EU Farm Commissioner, Phil Hogan has launched a consultation on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The public To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 February 2017 Hedgerow & Boundaries Grant Natural England is inviting applications for its second round of the Countryside Stewardship Hedgerows & Boundaries Grant. In 2016 there To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 February 2017 TIFF for Scotland Farm profits in Scotland are estimated to have risen 14% last year. This finding comes from the Scottish Government’s first estimates To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 February 2017 New RPA Chief Executive The RPA has announced after more than six years at the helm, Chief Executive, Mark Grimshaw has decided to stand To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 31 January 2017 Agri-Environment Climate Scheme – Jan ’17 The Scottish Government has launched the latest round of the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS). Applicants have until 31st March to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 January 2017 Tesco buys Booker There looks set to be further consolidation in the UK food supply chain with the news that Tesco has agreed To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 January 2017 Growth Grants Farmers and other rural businesses are now able to apply for grants under the Growth Programme of the RDPE. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 January 2017 BPS Payments – Jan ’17 The RPA has announced 93% of farmers in England have now received their 2016 BPS money, this is just over To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 January 2017 Brexit News Article 50 Ruling The Government has lost its appeal in the Article 50 case. Eleven Supreme Court Judges ruled by To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 January 2017 Budget 2017 The date of the spring Budget has been set for Wednesday 8th March. Following the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 January 2017 Hard Brexit Ahead The UK will not seek to remain within the EU Single Market after Brexit. This was the clear message delivered To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 January 2017 NVZ Designations The Environment Agency (EA) has released details of the proposed Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) for 2017. These are updated every To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 January 2017 Welsh Small Grant Scheme The Welsh Environment and Rural Affairs Secretary, Lesley Griffiths, has announced £40m for a new Small Grants scheme in Wales. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 January 2017 Agriculture Champions Four ‘Agriculture Champions’ have been appointed by the Scottish Government. Their task is to develop an Agriculture Strategy to ‘guide To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 January 2017 BPS Update – Jan ’17 Letters to Claimants All Agents should have received an ‘e-Bulletin’ outlining payment progress so far and what the situation is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 January 2017 Growth Programme The Environment Secretary, Andrea Ledsom, has announced a further £120m will be made available under the Growth Programme. This is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 January 2017 BPS Payment Update – Jan ’17 The RPA has confirmed it has hit its first target of paying 90% of eligible claimants by the end of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2016 Cross Compliance Guidance – Dec ’16 The 2017 edition of the Guide to Cross Compliance in England has been published. It is not being sent to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2016 Scottish Brexit Plans The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has set out the Scottish Government’s thoughts on Brexit. Whilst the publication called ‘Scotland’s Place in To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2016 BPS Payments – Dec ’16 Asat 20th December some 79% (68,200) of eligible claimants had received their 2016 Basic Payment. The total amount paid to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 December 2016 CAP Reform – Dec ’16 In normal times the UK farming sector might be getting quite excited about the next round of CAP reform, which To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
