Subscribers Only 27 June 2022 Sustainable Farming Incentive Defra has confirmed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will open for applications from 30th June. This is the first part To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 June 2022 Livestock Methane Tax According to reports, the New Zealand government is planning on introducing a methane tax on emissions from livestock in the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 June 2022 Global Grain Markets Global grain markets have continued to fall from recent highs as the northern hemisphere grain harvest kicks-off. The prospect of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 June 2022 UK Arable Market Update With harvest creeping ever closer, attention remains on the weather in the UK. Generally, crops are looking healthy, benefitting from To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 June 2022 Meat Market Update Pigs The EU-Spec Standard Pig Price (SPP) is at a record high, but is still some way short of the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 June 2022 Scotland’s Biodiversity Strategy Scotland is consulting on a new Biodiversity Strategy aimed at halting nature loss by 2030 and reversing it by 2045. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 June 2022 Potato Update Potato planting conditions were largely good this year but drought fears increased in April and early May. They were alleviated To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 June 2022 2022 BPS Payments Scotland Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has announced, subject to the approval of the Scottish Parliament, that farmers and crofters will To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 June 2022 EU Proposals on NI Protocol Flexibilities On 15th June, the EU Commission published two position papers fleshing out its October proposals (click here for more detail) To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
20 June 2022 Northern Ireland Protocol Bill On 13th June, the UK Government introduced the Northern Ireland (NI) Protocol Bill to the House of Commons. The highly...
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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...
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
