Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 August 2024 Base Rate Cut – Aug ’24 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 30 July 2024 Beet Price for 2025 British Sugar and the NFU have agreed a headline price of £33 per tonne for the 2025 sugar crop (2025/26 marketing To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2024 Grain Markets – Jul ’24 Grain prices have fallen as harvest has commenced in the UK. Many in the East and South East of England To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2024 Beef Market Outlook Since the beginning of June, clean cattle prices have stabilised and are now back above year-earlier levels. In 2023 prices To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2024 Friesian Farm Profitability figures from our Friesian Farm model are shown in the table below. This is a notional 220+ cow business To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2024 Future Support: Wales The Welsh Government has given more detail to farmers as to which schemes which will be available in 2025. Readers To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2024 Biodiversity Net Gain – Jul ’24 The Planning Advisory Service (PAS) has made available a range of Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) templates. The PAS, a branch To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 July 2024 Kings Speech The new Labour administration set out its legislative priorities in the King’s Speech on 17th July. Over 35 potential Bills To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 July 2024 English TIFF Defra has released figures for English farm profits. These show a slightly different picture to the UK figures we reported To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 10 July 2024 New Government Following its landslide victory in the General Election on 4th July, the new Labour administration is starting to bed-in. In To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 July 2024 Scottish Suckler Calving Interval The Scottish Government has confirmed that a maximum calving interval requirement will be introduced for the 2025 Scottish Suckler Beef Support To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 1 July 2024 Laying Hen Housing Grant The Laying Hen Housing for Health and Welfare Grant is now open for applications. The online checker is available until To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 June 2024 Sugar Price Warning The NFU Sugar Board has warned that the contract price for the 2025 crop (2025-26 contract) is unlikely to be To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
