7 April 2025Meadow Farm Latest Strong livestock prices and lower feed costs sees Meadow Farm forecast to make a profit from production for only the...
7 April 2025SFI Update The SFI Expanded Offer (SFI 2024) was suddenly closed on the evening of the 11th March. Defra has said all...
4 March 2025Defra Grants & Policy Announcement Capital grants will be available again in England after the schemes were closed in the autumn due to budget over-runs. ...
4 March 2025Grain Market Update – Mar ’25 Old crop UK feed wheat futures prices (May-25) declined through February. There has been little news to support prices for...
6 February 2025Farm Assurance Review A review of the UK’s farm assurance schemes has been published. The Review was commissioned by the UK’s farming unions...
6 February 2025Friesian Farm Latest The figures for our ‘Friesian Farm’ dairy model have been updated for the Dairy Tech show and ahead of our...
9 January 2025The Inaugural John Nix Award The Worshipful Company of Farmers is delighted to announce the launch of a new annual agricultural award to the alumnus...
6 January 2025Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier – Jan ’25 The revised Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) offering will not be available until next summer. This news comes as part...
6 January 2025Loam Farm Latest Following harvest 2024, we have updated the figures for our Loam Farm model. This shows low profits from the previous...
19 December 2024EU-Mercosur Trade Deal Negotiation After more than two decades of negotiations and false starts, the EU and Mercosur (a South American trade-bloc consisting of...
2 December 2024Andersons Outlook 2025 – Available Now! Andersons Outlook 2025 has just been released, offering a concise yet comprehensive overview of UK farming business performance and what...
2 December 2024Capital Grants Closed: England The Capital Grants scheme in England has been closed. The closure of the scheme was confirmed on the 26th November...
2 December 2024SFS Wales Scheme Changes The Welsh Government released further details on the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) on the 25th November. This sees...
8 November 2024Budget: Autumn 2024 Rachel Reeves unveiled the first Budget of the new Labour administration on the 30th October. As expected, it included large...
8 November 2024Delinked Payments & ELM Following the Budget, Defra has released further information on its farming support schemes for 2025. Details can be found in...
4 November 2024Budget 2024 – Significant Challenges for UK Family Farms Following the recent Budget, UK farming faces three significant challenges: changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT), adjustments to support payments, and...
2 October 2024Setting the Farm Budget The big question in terms of farm support over the next few months is how much funding there will be...
2 October 2024Meadow Farm – Oct ’24 The latest figures for Andersons' Meadow Farm model shows some improved returns in the beef and sheep sector. However, even...
3 September 2024Arable Update – Sept ’24 As harvest progresses in the UK, grain prices have continued to slide. The value of UK November 2024 UK feed...
3 September 2024Tenancy Reform A reminder that the succession rules under Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancies changed as from the 1st September. This is...
5 August 2024Friesian Farm Profitability figures from our Friesian Farm model are shown in the table below. This is a notional 220+ cow business...
5 August 2024New Government Following its landslide victory in the General Election, the new Labour administration is starting to bed-in. In farming terms, the...
4 July 2024SFI 2024 – Changes to SFI 2023 Actions In our article last month which reported on the expanded 2024 offer, we said the 23 SFI 2023 actions would...
4 July 2024Farm Profits UK farming made surprisingly good profits in 2023 according to Defra. The Department has recently released figures for Total Income...
