Members Only 25 August 2022 Farming Innovation Programme Further to our article last month (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/funding-for-farm-based-protein/) Defra has announced a further two ‘competitions’ via the Farming Innovation Programme. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 August 2022 GDT Drop There are warning signs in global dairy markets as prices continue to fall. At the benchmark Global Dairy Trade (GDT) To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 August 2022 Grazing & Cutting CS and ES Options Due to the hot, dry, weather Defra has announced ‘temporary requirement adjustments’ to some Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 August 2022 Nutrient Mitigation Scheme Defra has announced support for a Nutrient Mitigation Scheme to try and reduce pollution but also allow Local Planning Authorities To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 August 2022 Biodiversity Metric Defra has launched a Consultation on proposed ‘technical’ changes to the Biodiversity Metric. This is a additional consultation to the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
17 August 2022 Progress not Perfection, the Key to Addressing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Despite Covid, Brexit and the Russia-Ukraine war, climate change is fast-becoming the central issue facing UK, European and global agriculture...
10 August 2022 Cost of Farming Squeeze Apparent For the first time, Andersons’ Agflation estimates include an index of Agricultural Outputs prices. The July estimates put Agflation at...
Members Only 5 August 2022 Ukrainian Grain Shipments On 22nd July, Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement to allow shipments of grain to leave Black Sea ports. Reports To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 4 August 2022 Interest Rate Hikes The Bank of England (BoE) has raised interest rates by 0.50% in a bid to reduce inflation. The rise of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
2 August 2022 Farming Focus – August 2022 In the August 2022 edition of Farming Focus we take a look at the Sustainable Farming Incentive; if you are already...
Members Only 29 July 2022 Ireland: GHG Emissions Reduction Target After much debate, the coalition partners of the Irish Government finally agreed on a 25% reduction target for greenhouse gas To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 July 2022 Farm Policy and Schemes: England Defra has published its new ‘Farming policies and payments in England‘ booklet. Running to about 20 pages it summarises the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 July 2022 Funding for Farm-Based Protein Defra has announced funding for projects to help increase domestic production of healthy sustainable protein. The ‘competition’ which was launched To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 July 2022 Annual Health and Wefare Review The Annual Health and Welfare Review is due to open this autumn. Defra is asking for farmers and vets to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 July 2022 Meat Markets Lamb New Season Lamb (NSL) prices remain strong. Even though the GB liveweight NSL dropped by 6p on the week To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 July 2022 Dairy Markets Update Production GB milk production for June was already 2% lower than year earlier levels even before the heatwave in mid-July To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 July 2022 UK Grain Market Update – Jul ’22 The UK grain and oilseed harvest is well ahead of typical pace. Much the UK barley crop and swathes of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 July 2022 Global Grain Markets Update Global grain market prices have fallen over the last month. Global grain harvests are progressing, and Russia and Ukraine have To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 22 July 2022 Trade Update – July 2022 Although summer is often quieter on the trade front, there have been a couple of developments in recent weeks which To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 21 July 2022 Review of ELM Roll-Out The Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee has launched a probe into the Governments roll-out of the Environmental Land To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 21 July 2022 Government Review of Pig Contracts A UK wide consultation into the structure of contracts in the pig industry has been launched by Defra. Following the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 July 2022 BPS England The RPA has started to make BPS advance payments to farmers in England as of 19th July. The agency expects To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 July 2022 Organic Conversion Scheme: Wales The Organic Conversion Scheme (OCS) opened in Wales for Expressions of Interest (EoI) on 18th July and will close on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 15 July 2022 Future Farming Resilience Fund Defra has announced the next phase of the Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) will commence in October 2022. Through the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
