Subscribers Only 22 January 2024 Flood Relief In response to the flooding caused by Storm Henk earlier in the month, the Government activated both the Flood Recovery To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 January 2024 Free Range Egg Consultation Defra has opened a consultation on legislation which will allow free-range eggs to continue to be labelled as such for To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 January 2024 Rural Land Changes Farmers in England and their agents can now notify RPA of changes to their land online. The new digital service, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 January 2024 ELM 2024 Steve Barclay has announced a significant update to the agri-environment scheme offering in 2024. This will see: The introduction of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2023 Nutrient Neutrality The Government has announced it will not be introducing further legislation to change the nutrient neutrality rules. This follows defeat To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2023 Carbon Tax Imports of carbon-intensive goods will be taxed from 2027 following a Government announcement. Products such as iron, steel, aluminium, hydrogen, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2023 Beet Price Deal British Sugar and the NFU have finally agreed on a sugar beet price contract for the 2024 crop after months To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2023 Scottish Income Tax Income tax is to be increased in Scotland. In setting the budget for 2024-25 Shona Robison, Deputy First Minister and To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2023 Biofuels Boost The UK will continue to have access to the EU biofuels market following a last-minute change of policy. Biofuels being To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 December 2023 Welsh & Scottish Funding Cuts Farmers in Wales and Scotland looks set to bear the brunt of squeezed budgets in the develoved administrations. In both To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 December 2023 Welsh SFS Consultation The Welsh Government has provided more details on its proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) and opened a consultation on its To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 December 2023 Beef & Lamb Markets – Dec ’23 Tighter beef and lamb supplies in key producing countries across the EU are supporting prices. Reports from the AHDB reveal To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 December 2023 UK Arable Market Whilst the weather might have slightly improved since the storms of October, ground conditions have not. With many fields, particularly To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 December 2023 Dairy Production and Prices – Dec ’23 Production The AHDB is reporting GB milk deliveries in November were down by 2.8% compared with last year (Defra figures To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 December 2023 UK Livestock Numbers Defra has released the UK livestock numbers from the June 2023 Survey; the table below summarises the figures. As can To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 December 2023 Bluetongue Update – Dec ’23 Further to our article earlier in the month, further cases of bluetongue have been identified. These are all in cattle To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 December 2023 Smaller Abattoir Fund Defra has announced a £4 million support fund for small abattoirs. Through the Smaller Abattoir Fund (SAF), capital grants of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 14 December 2023 30 by 30 Target Readers may be aware of the ’30 by 30′ commitment – the pledge by Government that 30% of the nation’s To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 December 2023 Welsh Water Regulations Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has confirmed the second stage of the Enhanced Nutrient Management approach has been laid before the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 December 2023 2023 BPS Payments: England The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has confirmed as of 4th December 97% of BPS 2023 claimants had received their payments. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 December 2023 Improving Farm Productivity Grants Defra has published guidance for the Improving Farm Productivity Grant. This can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-farm-productivity-grant-round-2-applicant-guidance. The second round is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 December 2023 SFI Update Defra has announced that the SFI applications portal will close between 27th December 2023 and 1st January 2024. This is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 December 2023 Cross-compliance Cross Compliance rules end at midnight on 31st December 2023 in England. However, as most rules are already part of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 11 December 2023 Changes to Immigration Rules On 7th December, the UK Government announced a series of changes to its immigration rules that it is proposing to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
