Members Only 20 June 2022 Milk Production and Prices Production According to AHDB data, GB milk production totalled 1,139m litres in the peak month of May. Compared with last To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 June 2022 Scotland’s Transition to Net Zero Increased funding for peatland and woodland restoration in Scotland has been announced. The plans have been published in the Scottish To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 June 2022 Sustainable Farming Scheme Wales – Jun ’22 The Welsh Government is asking farmers and other members of the rural community to help with co-designing the Sustainable Farming To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 June 2022 Welsh Residential Tenancies Changes to Welsh residential tenancy legislation has been delayed. The (long awaited) Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 should have come To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 13 June 2022 Government Food Strategy The Government’s much-delayed Food Strategy has been met with a mixed reception on its eventual release. The White Paper responds To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 10 June 2022 Farming Transformation Fund Further to our article published on 25th May (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/farming-transformation-fund/) the Adding Value theme of the Farming Transformation Fund is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 10 June 2022 Slurry Infrastructure Grants Defra has released further information on the Slurry Infrastructure Grant (SIG). However, this mainly just confirms many of the ‘rules’ To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 10 June 2022 Farm Practices Defra has released the results from its latest Farm Practices Survey (FPS). The Survey, run in February 2022, focused on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 10 June 2022 Scotland’s Rural Land Market & Values Scottish farmland values increased by more than 30% in 2021 according to a recently published report. Values for the poorest To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
7 June 2022 Farming Focus – June 2022 In the June 2022 edition of Farming Focus we examine the latest Total Income from Farming (TIFF) figures released by...
Members Only 30 May 2022 Local Nature Recovery Info Defra has provided a little more detail on the upcoming Local Nature Recovery (LNR) scheme. In a post on its To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 May 2022 SFI: Full Guidance Defra has now published the full (and final) guidance for SFI 2022. This can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sustainable-farming-incentive-guidance. As has To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 May 2022 Beet Advance Sugar beet growers will be offered a 25% advance payment on their 2022 crop. It is an acknowledgement of the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 May 2022 UK Grain Market Update – May ’22 UK grain markets have, unsurprisingly, followed the global direction in prices over the last month. Wheat prices are higher, month-on-month, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 May 2022 Farming Transformation Fund As in the previous round of the Farming Transformation Fund, Defra is making the manual for the next theme; ‘Adding To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 May 2022 Farming Innovation Programme A new round of the Farming Innovation Programme is now open. Farmers and foresters can apply for funding towards innovative To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 May 2022 Dairy Update – May ’22 According to AHDB data, UK milk production for the week ending 14th May 2022 was 2.8% below last year’s levels. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 24 May 2022 Global Grain Markets Global grain and oilseed prices remain high. Whilst a key driver is the war in Ukraine, there are also a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 24 May 2022 Pig Market Finished pig prices have made significant gains since March but, even so, still remain considerably below costs of production. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 24 May 2022 Meadow Farm – May ’22 Due to rising input costs, budgets for our Meadow Farm model have been revisited and updated. Meadow Farm is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 24 May 2022 Welsh Schemes Open A number of grants will be available over the next three years to assist Welsh farmers during the transition to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 May 2022 ‘Super’ National Nature Reserve A new ‘super’ National Nature Reserve (NNR) has been designated. The Somerset Wetlands NNR will protect 6,140 hectares of saltmarsh, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 May 2022 Organic Farming Defra Statistics The area of UK land managed according to organic principles grew again in 2021. Latest figures released on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 May 2022 Northern Ireland Protocol Wrangling On 17 May, the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, made a statement in the House of Commons on the Government’s intention To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
