Subscribers Only 26 July 2019 Advance Scottish BPS Payments Scottish farmers will once again receive an advance on their BPS payments. The Scottish Government has announced that loans of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 July 2019 RSA Food Report A new report has recently been published making recommendations on how food, farming and the countryside need to change to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 July 2019 Theresa Villiers Becomes Defra Sectretary Defra has a new leader in the form of Theresa Villiers. Following his appointment as Prime Minister on the 24th To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 July 2019 Dairy Company News Muller Muller has confirmed its Foston dairy in Derbyshire is to close, possibly by the end of the year. Most To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 July 2019 Arla Calf Policy From the beginning of 2021, no healthy calf born on a UK farm supplying Arla will be slaughtered or euthanised To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 July 2019 Plant Protection Products The removal of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) would see the average household food and non-alcoholic drinks bill increase by more To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 July 2019 New EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been appointed as the new President of the EU Commission – one of the most To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 July 2019 Welsh Policy Consultation The Welsh farming industry has another chance to comment on post-Brexit support policy. As we wrote last month, a further To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 July 2019 Sector Productivity The productivity of English lowland beef and sheep farms dropped by 21% between 1990/91 and 2017/18. Livestock farms in the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 July 2019 Animal Welfare – Jul ’19 The Government has introduced legislation into Parliament to increase the penalties for those found guilty of animal cruelty. The Animal To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 July 2019 Defra Chief Scientist Defra has appointed a new Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA), Professor Gideon Henderson. Professor Henderson has been head of Earth Sciences To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 9 July 2019 Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme – Jul ’19 The second application window for the Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) has finally opened. Initially, we expected the second round To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 July 2019 AHDB Planting Survey – Jul ’19 Confirming earlier predictions, the area of wheat and winter barley have risen for harvest 2019, whilst spring barley and, particularly, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 July 2019 Sugar Beet Crop British Sugar expects the 2019 beet harvest to ‘at least’ match that of 2018 in terms of tonnage. In a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 July 2019 Inheritance Tax Review Gifts could become exempt from Inheritance Tax (IHT) after five years, rather than the current seven, if the recommendations of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 July 2019 Food Review Defra has finally published the Terms of Reference of an independent review into the food sector. As we reported back To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 2 July 2019 EU Agrees Mercosur and Vietnam Trade Deals On 28th June, twenty years to the day that negotiations started, the EU and Mercosur reached a political agreement on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 June 2019 Potato Update A larger potato crop than last year is on the cards, but the lack of any carry-over is likely to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 June 2019 Mercosur Deal The EU and the Mecosur group of South American Countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay) look close to concluding a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 June 2019 Milk Production The latest GB milk production forecast from the AHDB puts deliveries for 2019/20 at 12.56 billion litres. This is a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 June 2019 Dairy Markets – Jun ’19 Global Markets Having risen at every event since the beginning of the year, the GDT average price index has fallen To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 June 2019 Badger Culls Natural England has authorised the licence holders to resume the culling of badgers in two supplementary control areas in Gloucestershire To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 June 2019 Beef Market – Jun ’19 A lack of domestic demand is having a negative impact on the beef market. After seeing a steady increase throughout To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 June 2019 Arable Market Thoughts It never rains, it always pours! By early June, some were concerned about the dry soil conditions, by the end, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
