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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 March 2024 Dairy Update – Mar ’24 Production GB milk production for April 2023 to January 2024 totals 11.23 billion litres; just 0.6% less than in 2022-23. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 March 2024 Private Nature Markets Defra has provided an update on the development of private nature markets. This sees companies, organisations and individuals paying for To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 March 2024 GB Pig Industry Structure Review Defra has published its response to the Review of the Great Britain Pig Industry Structure. The review was undertaken by To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 March 2024 SFI Cap Defra has announced it will be applying a limit to the area SFI applicants can put into six specific SFI To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 March 2024 Animal Health & Welfare Grants – Mar ’24 The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) is now open for applications for the Animal Health and Welfare grants. Our To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 March 2024 Bovine TB – Mar ’24 Defra has opened a consultation on proposals to introduce a targeted badger culling policy. Previously, the Government had announced plans To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 18 March 2024 Farm Business Incomes Farm profitability fell considerably for arable and dairy farms in the 2023/24 year according to the latest Defra statsitics. Other To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 18 March 2024 Land Reform Bill: Scotland The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill was laid before Parliament on 14th March 2024. The proposals include measures which will apply To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 15 March 2024 Agri-Environment Revenue Claims A reminder that, although we don’t have a BPS claim to complete this year, Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship Revenue To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 14 March 2024 Farm Rents: England The latest agricultural rents data from Defra shows a mixed picture. The All Farms rent for Full Agricultural Tenancy (FAT) To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 11 March 2024 Land & Capital Taxes Agricultural Property Relief It has been confirmed that the existing scope of Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will be extended to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 7 March 2024 Budget 2024 The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, delivered what is likely to be the last Budget before a General Election on the 6th To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 6 March 2024 Productivity and Slurry Grants Open The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) is now open for applications for Productivity and Slurry Management grants. Our article To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 6 March 2024 Hedgerow Protection The protection of hedgerows in future will be similar to the rules previously in place under Cross-compliance. Readers will recall To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
4 March 2024 Farming Focus – March 2024 In the March 2024 edition of Farming Focus we take at look at Rishi Sunak's announcements at the NFU Conference, including...
Members Only 27 February 2024 Beef Outlook – Feb ’24 Below we take a look at the latest forecasts for the beef market from the AHDB. Total beef production is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 February 2024 Sheep Outlook Below we take a look at the latest forecasts for the sheep market from the AHDB. In 2024, the AHDB To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 February 2024 Arable Roundup – Feb ’24 Grain prices fell considerably during February. The May-24 UK Feed Wheat Futures contract started the Month at £175 per tonne, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 February 2024 Friesian Farm Profitability figures from our Friesian Farm model have been updated and are shown in the table below. Friesian Farm is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 February 2024 Grant Schemes Update: Wales Woodlands It has been announced that there will be a new approach to the Woodland Creation Grant in Wales. In To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 February 2024 New Forest for the Nation Defra has launched a grant funding competition to identify a new ‘Forest for the Nation’. The competition, which is inspired To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
