Members Only 24 April 2024 Loam Farm The 2024 harvest year continues to be challenging for cereals farmers. Whilst dryer weather has allowed some spring operations to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 April 2024 Beef & Lamb Production Standards The AHDB has released the first of four reports looking at beef and lamb production standards. The independent reports, carried To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 April 2024 Crop Codes Our article last month (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/bps-claims-2024/) reported that there is no action required in order to receive the delinked BPS To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 April 2024 River Wye Action Plan Defra has published an Action Plan to stop the decline in water quality of the River Wye and support the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 April 2024 Bovine TB Consultation Extension Defra has extended the deadline for responses to its current consultation on Bovine TB to 13th May 2024 (previously 22nd To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 April 2024 Hedgerow Legislation Further to our article of 6th March (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/hedgerow-protection-2/), the new hedgerow legislation has been laid in both Houses of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 April 2024 Land Prices After a brief pause, the RICS has re-started publication of its land price series. This shows transaction data (i.e. actual To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 April 2024 Tenancy Code of Practice A new Code of Practice has been launched for the tenanted farm sector in England. It is designed to encourage To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 April 2024 Cattle Indentification: Scotland The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on electronic ID technology for cattle. Farmers are being asked to give their To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 April 2024 Urea Rule A reminder that as from the 1st April 2024 farmers in England should only use urea fertiliser that has been To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2024 Flood Relief Defra has provided more information on support for farmers who suffered uninsurable damage to their land due to flooding earlier To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2024 Water Restoration Fund Defra has opened a new scheme to help improve the water environment England. The Water Restoration Fund is funded through To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2024 Scottish Beef Suckler Payments Annual payments under the 2023 Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) commenced on 28th March 2024. Payment rates this year To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2024 Ban on Enriched Cages: Scotland The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on banning the use of cages to house laying hens for egg production. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2024 Arla Invest in Mozzarella Arla Foods is investing £179m over the next three years in its Taw Valley plant to produce and export Mozzarella. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
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...
Members Only 27 March 2024 Scottish Conditionality: 2025 The Scottish Government has provided more details of the ‘conditionality’ that will apply to farm payments in 2025. This is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 Farm Assurance Red Tractor has officially announced that it will drop its proposed ‘Greener Farms’ environmental bolt-on to its Farm Assurance standards. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 Global Grain Update Global grain prices have been falling for much of 2024. The main driver of the decline has been ample supplies To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 UK Planted Area Update Rainfall in the UK between August 2023 and February 2024 is the second highest for the period since records began To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 Pig Market The AHDB is forecasting UK pig meat production to only grow marginally, by 0.6%, in 2024 to 933,000 tonnes. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 Minimum Wages UK Minimum Wages rise as from the 1st April. The main National Living Wage rises to £11.44 per hour from To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 Welsh Farm Minister There has been a re-shuffle of the Welsh Cabinet following the appointment of Vaughan Gething as First Minister. This has To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2024 BPS Claims 2024 England It seems increasingly clear that farmers (and their advisors) will not have to do anything to claim their de-linked To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
