Members Only 25 March 2025 Food Strategy The Government has started the process to produce a national Food Strategy. It has set up a Food Strategy Advisory To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 National Estate for Nature The National Estate for Nature Group has held its inaugural meeting. The Group, which is made up of major landowners To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Chicken Manure Ruling A High Court ruling means chicken manure must be classified as industrial waste under the Waste Framework Directive. The ruling To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Farm Assurance Dr David Llewellyn has been appointed as the independent monitoring and reporting commissioner to monitor the progress of delivering the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Foot & Mouth Disease Since our article of 16th January reporting on a case of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Germany (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/fmd-germany/) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Rural England Prosperity Fund Defra has announced up to £33 million will be directed to the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) for the 2025/26 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Combinable Crops Roundup Old crop grain and oilseed markets tumbled through March. There is a compounding set of factors behind this, including good To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 March 2025 Farm Budget The closure of the SFI has highlighted once again the issue of the farm support budget. In this article we To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 March 2025 Meadow Farm Strong livestock prices and lower feed costs sees Meadow Farm forecast to make a profit from production for only the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 March 2025 Farm Business Income Profits rose for all farm types in England in 2024/25, apart from Cereals Farms. This is according to the forecasts To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 March 2025 Fruit & Veg Aid Scheme Defra has confirmed that the Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme will close at the end of this year. The scheme To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 March 2025 SFI Fallout System Faults Further to Defra’s shock, without notice, closure of the SFI 2024, there were many situations where applications had To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 March 2025 Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund Defra has confirmed there will be no further rounds of the CS Facilitation Fund. The scheme supports individuals who act To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 March 2025 Countryside & Environmental Stewardship Annual revenue claims for both Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) agreements can now be made. CS applicants will To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 March 2025 Surplus Food Fund The deadline for submitting bids to the new Surplus Food Fund has been extended to 27th March. For more information To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 March 2025 SFI Closed The SFI Expanded Offer (SFI 2024) was suddenly closed on the evening of the 11th March. Defra has said all To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 February 2025 Policy Announcements Capital grants will be available again in England after the schemes were closed in the autumn due to budget over-runs. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 February 2025 Lamb Outlook 2024 saw record farmgate prices for UK lamb. Tight supplies had to be supplemented by imports and exports were lower. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 February 2025 Grain Market Update Old crop UK feed wheat futures prices (May-25) declined through February. There has been little news to support prices for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 February 2025 Dairy Roundup AHDB Outlook In its latest Dairy Market Outlook the AHDB is forecasting GB milk production to increase year-on-year until the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 February 2025 Beef Outlook Beef producers have had a good year; the market in 2024 was strong. Despite increased domestic production and higher imports, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 February 2025 Trade Update Since the inauguration of President Trump on 20th January, there have been a major shift in US trade policy back To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 February 2025 Pork Market Outlook The AHDB has published its latest Pork Market Outlook in which it is forecasting pigmeat production in 2025 to be To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 February 2025 Hedgerow Regulation Enforcement Defra has published its guidance on the RPA’s regulatory approach and the use of civil sanctions to enforce the Hedgerow To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
