Members Only 25 March 2020 Cereals Event Cancelled As with so many other events, both in the UK and around the world, the Covid-19 outbreak has caused the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 March 2020 Badger Cull to End In a policy U-turn, Defra has announced that the culling of badgers to control bovine TB will be phased-out in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 March 2020 Brexit Update – Mar ’20 As with everything else, the Brexit negotiations have been affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. The EU Commission’s Chief Negotiator Michel To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 23 March 2020 More Covid 19 Business Support As the Covid 19 outbreak continues to worsen, the Government’s financial response has moved to levels not seen in peacetime. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 March 2020 Crop Diversification Scrapped The Crop Diversification rule under Greening is to be removed for the 2020 year in England. This was announced by To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 March 2020 Further Base Rate Cut The Bank of England announced a further cut in UK Base Rates to 0.1% on the 19th March. This is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 March 2020 Covid 19 Impacts on Farming The spread of the Covid 19 coronavirus has seen the world stop working as we understand it. The impact on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 March 2020 Agricultural Transformation Programme Scottish Farmers and crofters will be able to obtain funds to help tackle climate change on their holdings. Under the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 March 2020 Future Scottish Policy According to NFU Scotland, there should be minimal change in farm support policies until 2024. In a document published on To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 March 2020 Covid 19 Aid Package Just a week after the Budget, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, was forced to announce a package of measures worth £350bn To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 March 2020 Farm Rents Defra has released its latest Farm Rent data for England. The data is collected via the Farm Business Survey (FBS) To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 March 2020 AHDB Chair Nicholas Saphir has been appointed as the new Chair of the AHDB. Mr Saphir will take over from Sir Peter To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 March 2020 Rural Mobile Ministers and mobile phone network operators have signed an agreement worth £1bn which aims to end poor mobile coverage in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 March 2020 Scotland 2020 BPS The Single Application Form (SAF) 2020 claim window opened in Scotland on 15th March. The closing date is the usual To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 March 2020 BPS Update – Mar ’20 2020 Applications The 2020 BPS online application window opened on 12th March in England. The deadline, to avoid receiving penalties To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 12 March 2020 Base Rate Cut – Mar ’20 The Bank of England made an ’emergency’ Base rate cut of 0.5% on the 11th March. This brings interest rates To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 12 March 2020 Budget 2020 In his first Budget, less than four weeks after being given the Chancellor’s job, the Rishi Sunak announced an increase To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 10 March 2020 Farm Practices Survey Defra has published the results from the Farm Practices Survey held in October 2019. The survey included questions on farm To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 3 March 2020 NFU Elects New Officeholder Team Minette Batters has been re-elected as President of the National Farmers Union; Stuart Roberts and Tom Bradshaw will serve as To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 2 March 2020 ELM Plans The shape of the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme that will be the main funding stream for English farmers To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 February 2020 Arable Markets – Feb ’20 As of late February, the price difference between new crop feed wheat and new crop feed barley is £23 per To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 February 2020 Crop Areas – Feb ’20 The AHDB’s Early Bird Survey of cropping and planting intentions for harvest 2020 was repeated in Mid-February. It shows a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 February 2020 Brexit – EU and UK Negotiating Mandates On 25th February, the European Council approved the negotiating Directive (mandate) which will be used by the European Commission as To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 February 2020 Scheme Updates Basic Payment Scheme The 2020 BPS application window in England is expected to open online on 12th March, with those To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
