Members Only 25 September 2024 ‘Not for EU’ Labelling The UK government has indefinitely postponed the introduction of ‘Not for EU’ labels on meat and dairy products sold across To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2024 Farm Management Practices Defra has released statistics on farm business management practices. The information comes from the Farm Business Survey (FBS) and relates To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2024 Setting the Farm Budget The big question in terms of farm support over the next few months is how much funding there will be To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2024 SFI Update At the time of writing, there was no indication of when the SFI 2024 would be open to all applicants. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2024 EFRA Committee A new Chairman has been appointed to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee. The new head of the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2024 Wales SFS Update The Welsh Government has provided an update on the progress towards the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). A number of Government To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2024 EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) The European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is causing growing concern within the agri-food industry in the UK and beyond as To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 16 September 2024 SFS Data Confirmation: Wales The Welsh Government commenced its ‘Data Confirmation’ excercise on the 22nd July which will run until 6th December. This allows To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 September 2024 Defra Underspend Defra has consistently underspent on the farm budget during the Agricultural Transition. There is a danger that the shortfall will To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 August 2024 Scottish BPS Rates The Scottish Government has published the BPS rates for this year. The table below sets out the breakdown between Standard To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2024 SFI 2023 Action Uptake As of July 2024, there were 23,200 live SFI 2023 agreements, according to data published by Defra. There has been To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2024 SFI Update Policy Direction With the change of Government there could have been a change to agricultural policy, but the new Defra To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 August 2024 Delinked BPS Payments The first instalment of delinked BPS payments have been sent to English farmers. The RPA confirmed that as of 5th To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 August 2024 Base Rate Cut On the 1st August the Bank of England cut Base Rates by 0.025% to 5%. This is the first reduction To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 August 2024 SFI 2024 Rule Changes The RPA has made some changes to the SFI 2024 rules. The most controversial amendment will be the removal of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 August 2024 RLE1 Changes The e-mail RLE1 service in England ended on 31st July. As from 1st August, those wanting to make mapping changes To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 August 2024 Tenancy Reform A reminder that the succession rules under Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancies are changing as from the 1st September. This To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 30 July 2024 Budget Date & Spending Review The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has set Wednesday 30th October as the date of the first Budget of the new Government. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2024 UK-EU Relationship Under Labour Following Labour’s election victory on 4th July, there has been a renewed focus on the UK-EU trading relationship and how To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2024 Defra Farm Viability Modelling One criticism of Defra, from the National Audit Office (NAO), in the recent review of the Farming and Countryside Programme To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2024 The Farming & Countryside Programme The need to provide a clearer indication of the direction of travel with Environmental Land Management schemes, is one of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2024 New National Park: Scotland The Scottish Government has selected Galloway as its preferred site for Scotland’s third National Park. Galloway, which beat Lochaber, Loch To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2024 Nature-Friendly Farming Budget A report commissioned by the RSPB, National Trust and the Wildlife Trusts reveals that the UK Government needs to significantly To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 July 2024 UK Farm Assurance The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) and AHDB, along with NFU Cymru, The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) and NFU Scotland (NFUS) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
