4 March 2025 Defra 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 2025 Grain 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 2025 Farm 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 2025 Friesian Farm Latest The figures for our ‘Friesian Farm’ dairy model have been updated for the Dairy Tech show and ahead of our...
6 January 2025 Countryside 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 2025 Loam Farm Latest Following harvest 2024, we have updated the figures for our Loam Farm model. This shows low profits from the previous...
2 December 2024 Capital 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 2024 SFS Wales Scheme Changes The Welsh Government released further details on the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) on the 25th November. This sees...
8 November 2024 Budget: Autumn 2024 Rachel Reeves unveiled the first Budget of the new Labour administration on the 30th October. As expected, it included large...
8 November 2024 Delinked Payments & ELM Following the Budget, Defra has released further information on its farming support schemes for 2025. Details can be found in...
4 November 2024 Budget 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 2024 Setting 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 2024 Meadow 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 2024 Arable 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 2024 Tenancy Reform A reminder that the succession rules under Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancies changed as from the 1st September. This is...
5 August 2024 Friesian Farm Profitability figures from our Friesian Farm model are shown in the table below. This is a notional 220+ cow business...
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,...
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...
