Subscribers Only 12 November 2024 SFS Preparatory Schemes: Wales The Welsh Rural Affairs Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, has announced application windows for further SFS Preparatory Phase schemes. In addition to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 November 2024 SFI 2024 Applications From 12th November, an Expression of Interest is no longer required before applying for the SFI 2024 expanded offer. Applications To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 November 2024 UK Shared Prosperity Fund Not mentioned by the Chancellor in her Budget speech, but buried in the accompanying documents, was news on the UK To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 November 2024 Shadow Defra Minister Victoria Atkins has been appointed Shadow Defra Secretary by new Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. Ms Atkins was previously Health Secretary To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 31 October 2024 Delinked Payments & ELM Following the Budget, Defra has released further information on its farming support schemes for 2025. Details can be found in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 30 October 2024 Budget: Autumn 2024 Rachel Reeves unveiled the first Budget of the new Labour administration on the 30th October. As expected, it included large To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Dairy Roundup – Oct ’24 The AHDB is forecasting GB milk deliveries to be down -0.3% for the 2024/25 milk year. Supplies to date are To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Pig Market The pig price has been relatively stable over the past year, albeit drifting slowly downwards. The SPP (EU spec) was To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Grain Market Update – Oct ’24 The 2024 harvest of wheat in the UK has been pegged at 11.1 million tonnes. This is down 20% from To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Beef & Sheep Markets – Oct ’24 Beef The prime beef farmgate price has been on an upward trajectory since July. The GB deadweight all-steer price has To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Bluetongue Update Although midge activity is slowing down, new cases keep coming to light, mainly through active surveillance and pre-movement testing. Following To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 EU Deforestation Reg. Delay The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) implementation has been delayed by one year. The delay was announced in mid-October following the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 EU Entry/Exit System Delay The EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES), originally set for 2023, has been delayed until 2025, following an EU Commission announcement on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Seasonal Worker Visas The Government has confirmed the Seasonal Worker visa route will be maintained for 2025. This means 43,000 per year will To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 New Priorities for Research A recent report has found farmers would like researchers to investigate the impact on farming of Artificial Intelligence, methane, carbon To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Special Representative for Nature The UK government has appointed Ruth Davis OBE as the first Special Representative for Nature. Ms Davis previously advised the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Temporary Adjustments to Agri Environment Agreements The RPA has confirmed the temporary adjustments to agri-environment agreements because of the wet weather do not (currently) apply to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Defra Regulation Review Dan Corry has been appointed to carry out an internal review into the regulation and regulators at Defra. The review To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2024 Potato Update The UK could be heading for its smallest potato crop ever because of a combination of a reduced area and To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 October 2024 Entitlements: Nil Value With delinking, English entitlements have disappeared (and thus have a nil value). The loss of the capital value can be To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 October 2024 Welsh National Park The Welsh Government is consulting on its proposal to designate a new National Park. This is planned to be a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 September 2024 Land Use Framework The Defra Secretary has promised that the much-delayed Land Use Framework for England will be published shortly. Speaking on the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 24 September 2024 Combinable Crop Market Outlook Global Position With results from the Northern Hemisphere harvest (which accounts for about 80% of the global grains harvest) now To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin