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The profit of UK farming recovered in 2019 after the drought-affected 2018 year.  The latest estimates for Total Income from...
Andersons’ consultants are continuing to support their clients during the pandemic. If you require any advice, please contact your  usual...
27 January 2020

Brexit Day Arrives

After 47 years and a month of being a Member State, the UK will formally exit the European Union at...
26 February 2019

Arla’s 13th Payment

After previously announcing that the entire 2018 net profits would be paid out to its farmers (see September's article https://abcbooks.co.uk/?s=Arla),...
On 16th May, the House of Lords made its final amendments to the EU Withdrawal Bill.  During its passage in...
Rates of Income Tax in Scotland and the rest of the UK are set to diverge further following the Scottish...
Accountable People The RPA has confirmed that the requirement for claimants to give the RPA details of all 'Accountable People'...
The Scottish Government has announced it has started to make payments under the National Basic Payment Support Scheme (NBPSS).  Rural...
The problems with Basic Payments in Scotland continue, with many businesses still not having received the correct sums for the...
3 November 2016

Farm Incomes Drop

Farming profits declined in almost all sectors in 2015/16.  This, perhaps unsurprising, finding comes from the latest Farm Business Survey...
A legal challenge has been successfully made against the Government's plans to trigger Article 50 and begin the process of...
3 November 2016

GDT Jump

The latest GDT auction on the 1st November saw the index of prices jump by 11.4%.  Prices were led by...
28 October 2016

Potato Supply Falls

The supply of potatoes from the 2016 crop looks set to be lower.  This is already having an effect on...
28 October 2016

Milk Production

Milk output continues to fall, both domestically and globally.  Deliveries in September were almost 10% lower than the same month...