Subscribers Only 29 October 2018 Scottish Agriculture Bill Amendments The Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy, Fergus Ewing, has written to Michael Gove suggesting a number of amendments To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 October 2018 Wheat Processor Closures Within 6 weeks, there have been announcements of 3 major wheat processing plants closing in the UK. Last month, we To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 October 2018 No Deal Brexit Preparations NAO Report on No Deal Readiness On 24th October, the National Audit Office (NAO) released its latest report on the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 24 October 2018 Brexit Negotiations In recent days, it has been reported that the Brexit negotiations are entering their final phases with respect to the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 23 October 2018 National Parks Michael Gove and Julian Glover are inviting the public to have their say on the future of our National Parks To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 22 October 2018 Scottish BSE Case A case of BSE has been confirmed at a farm in Aberdeenshire. This is the first incident of the disease To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 October 2018 UK Livestock Populations Defra has released its provisional results for livestock populations in the UK from the 2018 June Survey of Agriculture. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 19 October 2018 June Survey of Agriculture 2018 Defra has released its provisional estimates from the June 2018 Survey of Agriculture and Horticulture showing planted areas in the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 October 2018 Welsh BPS Loan Scheme As previously reported, Wales is making a nationally funded loan scheme available for those that do not receive their 2018 To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 17 October 2018 Review of Allocation of Farm Support 2020-2022 Michael Gove has announced a review of how agricultural funding should be distributed fairly between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 15 October 2018 Small Grants Scheme Defra has confirmed that the Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme will now open for a further round of applications in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 10 October 2018 Agriculture Bill Progress The Agriculture Bill received its second reading in the House of Commons on the 10th October. MPs voted to approve To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 October 2018 Scottish BPS Payments Scottish Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, has announced that the first tranche of 2018 BPS loan payments are underway and To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 October 2018 Farm Business Grant Wales The Welsh Government has confirmed that the deadline for applications to the Farm Business Grant has been extended until 26th To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 October 2018 New Defra Minister A new Minister has joined the Defra team. David Rutley, MP for Macclesfield, joins as a Parliamentary Under Secretary. He To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 1 October 2018 Scottish Brexit Task Force Fergus Ewing, Rural Economy Secretary for Scotland, has announced plans to establish a Task Force to produce measures which will To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 1 October 2018 Financial Discipline Reimbursement Defra has announced the latest Financial Discipline Mechanism (FDM) reimbursement rate is 1.310%. Any farmer with a 2017 BPS claim To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 1 October 2018 BPS Conversion Rate 2018 BPS payments for 2018 will be converted at a rate of €1 = £0.89281. This is 0.2% lower than last year’s To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 September 2018 Budget Date 2018 The Government has announced that the date of the Budget will be brought forward so that it does not clash To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 September 2018 Land Market The latest release from the RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey shows land prices still edging up, although this appears to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 September 2018 Brexit Progress(?) Events of the last month seem to have made the prospect of a No-Deal Brexit more likely. As outlined previously, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 September 2018 Meat Markets Deadweight cattle prices have seen a strong increase since the middle of August. The deadweight all steer price has increased To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 26 September 2018 Combinable Crop Markets – Sept ’16 Wheat Supply and Demand The news about the domestic marketplace for old crop (newly harvested) wheat is dominated by the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 September 2018 Vivergo Closure Proposed Vivergo has announced a proposed cessation of production as of the 30th September. Vivergo is the UK’s largest manufacturer of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
