Members Only 21 June 2024 Carbon Calculator Harmonisation Three of the main carbon calculators for farming have agreed to harmonise their methodologies. The Farm Carbon Toolkit, Cool Farm To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 June 2024 Funding for Endemic Livestock Diseases Defra has expanded its support to tackle endemic diseases in livestock. The previous Annual Health and Welfare review has been To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 June 2024 Scottish Agriculture Bill The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill was passed into law by the Scottish Parliament on 18th June. Royal Assent To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 June 2024 Lamb Market Outlook The AHDB is forecasting UK sheep meat production to decline by 2.9% in 2024 compared with 2023, to total 278,000 To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 June 2024 General Election 2024 The main political parties have set out their rural policies ahead of Election Day on July 4th. Below is a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 13 June 2024 SFI 2024 Factsheet Details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2024 offer are now available (see earlier article for more details). A controlled roll To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
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...
Members Only 10 June 2024 Farm Profits UK farming made surprisingly good profits in 2023 according to Defra. The Department has recently released figures for Total Income To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 10 June 2024 SFI 2023 Closing Defra has announced the SFI 2023 will close for new applications at midnight on Monday 10 June (today). However, it To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 6 June 2024 Yew Tree Dairy It has been announced that the Lancashire-based milk processor, Yew Tree Dairies, is to be taken over by Muller UK. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 6 June 2024 Oat Milk The international alternative-milk producer, Oatly, has abandoned plans to build a factory near Peterborough. The facility, which was announced in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
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...
Members Only 30 May 2024 SFI 2024 In our previous article on 22nd May (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/expanded-sfi-offer-for-2024/) which reported on the expanded 2024 offer, we said the 23 To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 May 2024 Farming Recovery Fund Further to our article of 11th April (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/flood-relief-2/), Defra has opened up the Farming Recovery Fund to more farmers. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 May 2024 BPS Delinked Payments Defra has announced BPS balance payments will be made from 1st September this year instead of December. It has said To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 23 May 2024 Grain Market Update – May ’24 Whilst UK yields will undoubtedly be lower for harvest 2024, over the course of the past month, the value of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 23 May 2024 Dairy Update – May ’24 According to the AHDB the spring flush passed with a ‘whimper’. GB daily milk deliveries recorded a downturn in the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 23 May 2024 General Election The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has called a UK General Election for the 4th July. We wait to see what To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 23 May 2024 Farm Business Management Practices Defra has recently released statistics on Business Management practices on farms. The information is taken from the Farm Business Survey To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 22 May 2024 Ending Agri-environment Agreements Defra has released information on how and when existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement holders can To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 22 May 2024 Organic Farming The area of UK land managed according to organic principles fell in 2023 compared with 2022. Latest figures released on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 22 May 2024 EU / NZ Trade Deal On 1st May 2024, the EU-NZ Free Trade Agreement (FTA) entered into force. This follows the initial announcement of the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 22 May 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. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
