Members Only 13 December 2016 BPS Payments The RPA has released a further update on 2016 BPS payment progress. As of 13th December 59,000 claimants (68%) had To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 December 2016 Welsh 2016 BPS Rural Payments Wales has confirmed that nearly 90% of eligible BPS claims were paid on 1st December. After a difficult To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 December 2016 Welsh Scheme Updates The Welsh Government has made a number of announcements regarding Rural Development Schemes some of which claimants need to respond To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 December 2016 AHDB Stocktake Report AHDB Beef and Lamb has released its latest benchmarking figures for English beef and sheep enterprises. The figures in To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 December 2016 ADAS Sold The consultancy firm ADAS has been purchased by the environmental and engineering services group RSK. ADAS employs 300 people from To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 December 2016 Energy Crops DEFRA has produced statistics on the use of energy crops in the UK. These show that just under 2% of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 December 2016 Welsh Farm Incomes Drop Farm profitability in Wales fell by almost a quarter in 2015/16. This is according to the latest Farm Business Income (FBI) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 December 2016 GDT Rises The latest GDT auction on the 6th December saw the index of prices rise by 3.5% to $3,622 per tonne. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 December 2016 Avian Flu Measures The Government Chief Vet has introduced new measures as a precaution against avian influenza. With cases of the highly contagious To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 December 2016 BPS Payments According to the Rural Payments Agency, over 51,000 farmers in England received their 2016 BPS payment either on 1st or To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 December 2016 Woodland Grants The Forestry Commission has announced the Woodland Creation Grant for 2017 will open for initial applications on 3rd January and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 December 2016 Milk Prices There have been a number of milk price announcements over recent weeks; Muller has stated it will be increasing its non-aligned To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 December 2016 Dutch Phosphate Problem Up to 175,000 dairy cows in the Netherlands could be culled in an effort to reduce phosphate pollution. This is around To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 December 2016 AHDB Strategy The AHDB has set out plans to make British farming more efficient and competitive. The Levy Board’s Strategy for 2017 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 December 2016 Scottish BPS Loan Scheme Farmers in Scotland who wish to take up the loan offer for the National Basic Payment Support Scheme must respond To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 December 2016 Slurry Store Cover Grants Natural England has launched the Farming Ammonia Reduction Grant Scheme for dairy and beef farmers. The scheme is part of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 December 2016 2016 Potato Crop The 2016 British potato crop will be the fourth lowest since the 1960’s according to the first estimate produced by To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 December 2016 TIFF Revision and Balance Sheet Farm Income Update Farm incomes in 2015 were 6% better than first estimated. Latest figures from DEFRA for Total Income To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 November 2016 Welsh Payments The Welsh Government has announced that 90% of BPS payments will be issued in the first week of December. Many To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 November 2016 Arable Markets In commenting on current grain markets, we could simply cut-and-paste from the articles produced over the last two or three To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 November 2016 Welsh Scheme Updates There has been a number of announcements regarding Welsh grant schemes, below is a summary; Glastir Small Grants – The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 November 2016 Agricultultural Wages Scotland The Scottish Agricultural Wages Board (SAWB) is seeking views on changes to the agricultural minimum wage in Scotland. Proposals include To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 November 2016 BPS Latest BPS 2016 Payments We understand that the RPA are on track to start making payments on 1st December. Remember applications, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 November 2016 Autumn Statement 2016 The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, delivered the Autumn Statement on the 23rd November. This was Mr Hammond’s first major chance to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.