Subscribers Only 12 December 2023 Improving Farm Productivity Grants Defra has published guidance for the Improving Farm Productivity Grant. This can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-farm-productivity-grant-round-2-applicant-guidance. The second round is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 December 2023 SFI Update Defra has announced that the SFI applications portal will close between 27th December 2023 and 1st January 2024. This is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 December 2023 Cross-compliance Cross Compliance rules end at midnight on 31st December 2023 in England. However, as most rules are already part of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 11 December 2023 Changes to Immigration Rules On 7th December, the UK Government announced a series of changes to its immigration rules that it is proposing to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 December 2023 Sugar Contract 2024 There is still no agremeent on the price of sugar beet for the 2024 crop. British Sugar has made a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 December 2023 Bluetongue Update – Dec ’23 The first cases of Bluetongue have been confirmed outside of Kent. This follows the first case in a sheep, identified To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 8 December 2023 Exports to the EU From 13th December, all livestock farmers who export meat to the EU will need to have had an annual health To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 7 December 2023 Milk & More Sold The UK’s largest doorstep milk delivery operation, Milk & More has been sold. Freshways, the large middle-ground processor has moved To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 7 December 2023 Protected Landscapes A series of announcements on ‘Protected Landscapes’ in England were made ahead of the COP28 Climate Summit in the UAE. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 December 2023 Farm Grants Defra has announced a new round of funding & grants opening in the next few weeks. These were made by To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 December 2023 Labour’s Policies It seems highly likely that there will be a General Election next year. Political commentators are split between the Prime To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 December 2023 Live Export Legislation Legislation to ban the live export of animals has been laid before Parliament. The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill was To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
4 December 2023 Farming Focus – December 2023 In the December 2023 edition of Farming Focus we take a look at the latest Farm Business Income figures for...
Subscribers Only 3 December 2023 BNG Regulations The Government has started publishing the detailed regulations for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). This requirement for most development in England To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 November 2023 SFI Experience As the SFI 2023 has been open for a couple months now we thought it might be useful to share To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 Grain Market Update – Nov ’23 Like the water sat on many headlands around the country, old crop wheat markets could rightly be described as stagnant! To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 Dairy Roundup – Nov ’23 Production The AHDB has estimated GB milk deliveries declined by -2.8% year-on-year in October. Defra’s UK milk deliveries will be To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 Welsh Schemes Update The Welsh Government has published its Winter Update. This gives an overview of the various agricultural policy changes that are To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 Pigmeat Update GB pig prices have started to decline over the last couple of months. Before that, finished pig prices had been To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 ELM Announcment Readers may recall that we are expecting a major announcement on Environmental Land Management (ELM). This will cover additional SFI To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 Bluetongue – Nov ’23 Defra announced on 26th November a further four cases of Bluetongue have been found. The virus has been detected in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 AHDB Chief Executive – Nov ’23 Graham Wilkinson will take over as the new Chief Executive of the AHDB in the New Year. He replaces Tim To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 Farm Business Income The latest Farm Business Income figures released by Defra show a mixed picture for farm profitability. The data relates the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 November 2023 Autumn Statement – Nov ’23 The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, gave the Autumn Statement on the 22nd November. The main points are; the Office of Budget To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
