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...
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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...
