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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...
Beef Cattle prices remain strong but fell back throughout March and are just below 2023 levels.  However, prices appear to...
In the April 2024 edition of Farming Focus see which SFI Actions Defra has placed an area limit on.  Farmers...
In the March 2024 edition of Farming Focus we take at look at Rishi Sunak's announcements at the NFU Conference, including...
In the February 2024 edition of Farming Focus we notify readers that the Improving Farm Productivity grant, including solar is now...
Thursday 8th February 2024 10 am  - 4 pm   University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD “Challenging perceptions –...
In the January 2024 edition of Farming Focus we notify readers that grants for Improving Farm Productivity, including solar are due...
In the December 2023 edition of Farming Focus we take a look at the latest Farm Business Income figures for...
In the November 2023 edition of Farming Focus we update readers on the SFI - there is no requirement to send...
In the October 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report on 'accelerated payments' for the early SFI adopters and the...
In the September 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report on changes to the Nutrient Neutrality rules - what does...
In the August 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report that most English farmers should have received 50% of their 2023...
In the July 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report on the upcoming grant funding in England including large-scale capital...
The June 2023 edition of Farming Focus takes a look at Defra's latest farming income figures and our forecasts for the...
The May 2023 edition of Farming Focus reports on how we are still awaiting further information on the six new SFI...
The April 2023 edition of Farming Focus reports on Defra's first estimates of Farm Business Income for 2022/23 and the latest...
The March 2023 edition of Farming Focus reports on Defra's long-term environmental commitments contained in its new Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP). ...
The February 2023 edition of Farming Focus reports on the new legally binding environmental targets, it also explains what support farmers...
Agricultural inputs’ inflation (Agflation) continues to outpace general economic inflation (CPI) as well as agricultural outputs and food prices (denoted...
The January 2023 edition of Farming Focus reports on the increased number of workers able to come to the UK under...
The December 2022 edition of Farming Focus reports Countryside Stewardship plus will now replace the Local Nature Recovery scheme following...