Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 August 2024 Free Range Egg Consultation Following the consultation held earlier in the year (see our article of 22nd January 2024 https://abcbooks.co.uk/free-range-egg-consultation/) Defra will alter legislation To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 August 2024 Dairy Roundup – Aug ’24 Production AHDB reports that GB milk production was down 0.9% in the April-July compared to the same period in 2023. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 August 2024 Arable Update – Aug ’24 As harvest progresses in the UK, grain prices have continued to slide. The value of UK November 2024 UK feed To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 August 2024 Pest des Petits Ruminants (PPR) New controls came into force in England from 21st August and in Wales from 22nd August to safeguard Britain’s sheep To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 August 2024 Beef and Sheep Markets – August ’24 Beef The GB cattle price has risen sharply since the middle of July. The GB deadweight steer overall price stood To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
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
