5 August 2024 New Government Following its landslide victory in the General Election, the new Labour administration is starting to bed-in. In farming terms, the...
4 July 2024 SFI 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 2024 Farm Profits UK farming made surprisingly good profits in 2023 according to Defra. The Department has recently released figures for Total Income...
12 June 2024 SFI 2024 Factsheet Details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2024 offer are now available. A controlled roll out via Expressions of Interest is...
4 June 2024 Expanded SFI Offer for 2024 Expanded Offer Defra has released details of the expanded SFI 2024 offer. In total there will be 102 actions available. ...
4 June 2024 Ending Agri-environment Agreements Early Defra has released information on how and when existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement holders can...
20 May 2024 Nutrient Management Research Grants Defra has announced funding for projects which will develop innovative solutions to farm nutrient management. Through the Farming Innovation Programme,...
Members Only 15 May 2024 UK Border Controls On 30th April, the UK Government introduced its next phase of border controls under its ‘Border Target Operating Model’ (BTOM), To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
1 May 2024 Loam Farm Update The 2024 harvest year continues to be challenging for cereals farmers. Whilst dryer weather has allowed some spring operations to...
1 May 2024 Beef and Lamb Markets Update Beef Cattle prices remain strong but fell back throughout March and are just below 2023 levels. However, prices appear to...
2 April 2024 Farming Focus – April 2024 In the April 2024 edition of Farming Focus see which SFI Actions Defra has placed an area limit on. Farmers...
4 March 2024 Farming Focus – March 2024 In the March 2024 edition of Farming Focus we take at look at Rishi Sunak's announcements at the NFU Conference, including...
5 February 2024 Farming Focus – February 2024 In the February 2024 edition of Farming Focus we notify readers that the Improving Farm Productivity grant, including solar is now...
22 January 2024 Nottingham Farming Conference Thursday 8th February 2024 10 am - 4 pm University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD “Challenging perceptions –...
9 January 2024 Farming Focus – January 2024 In the January 2024 edition of Farming Focus we notify readers that grants for Improving Farm Productivity, including solar are due...
4 December 2023 Farming Focus – December 2023 In the December 2023 edition of Farming Focus we take a look at the latest Farm Business Income figures for...
3 November 2023 Farming Focus – November 2023 In the November 2023 edition of Farming Focus we update readers on the SFI - there is no requirement to send...
3 October 2023 Farming Focus – October 2023 In the October 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report on 'accelerated payments' for the early SFI adopters and the...
4 September 2023 Farming Focus – September 2023 In the September 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report on changes to the Nutrient Neutrality rules - what does...
3 August 2023 Farming Focus – August 2023 In the August 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report that most English farmers should have received 50% of their 2023...
20 July 2023 Impact of UK Trade Deals with Four Non-EU Partners on UK and Scottish Agriculture The Scottish Government has recently published a Summary Report from a study that The Andersons Centre undertook in 2022 to...
3 July 2023 Farming Focus – July 2023 In the July 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report on the upcoming grant funding in England including large-scale capital...
21 June 2023 Agflation has Peaked, but its Corrosive Effects Linger After rising sharply since 2021 and peaking in July 2022 at 28.4%, agricultural inputs’ inflation (Agflation) has been in free-fall...
6 June 2023 Farming Focus – June 2023 The June 2023 edition of Farming Focus takes a look at Defra's latest farming income figures and our forecasts for the...
