Subscribers Only 6 February 2020 Natural Capital Defra has launched a new online tool to help calculate the value of ‘natural capital’. The ‘Enabling a Natural Capital To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 February 2020 Environment Bill The landmark Environment Bill has been introduced to Parliament. As reported in our article in October (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/queens-speech-and-ag-bill/) the new To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 England Scheme Update Countryside Stewardship 2021 The Countryside Stewardship (England) Regulations 2020 have been published. This will allow applications to be made to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Welsh Scheme Update Glastir Entry & Advanced Support Scheme The Glastir Entry and Advanced Support Scheme, subject to certain eligibility criteria, is available To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Scottish Convergence Funding Fergus Ewing has announced the first tranche of Convergence Funding will be paid before the end of March. The £90 To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Pig Market Update The GB pig price has only seen a marginal drop in January. Usually in the post-Christmas period, markets see a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
27 January 2020 Brexit Day Arrives After 47 years and a month of being a Member State, the UK will formally exit the European Union at...
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Land Use: Policies for Net Zero The way land is used in the UK will have to see a ‘transformation’ if the country is to meet its To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Friesian Farm Update Ahead of the Dairy Tech Show on the 5th February, and their Spring Seminars in March, Andersons have updated their To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Planting Update This is a short article this month. A few bits and pieces of drilling have apparently been able to take To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Potatoes: Output and Prices Final 2019 harvest estimates show the UK crop was the third smallest crop this century, although the British crop was To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Dairy Update – Jan ’20 GDT Index The latest GDT average price index rose by 1.7% compared to the event held earlier in the month To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 January 2020 Tenancy Reform The new Agriculture Bill contains some amendments to the tenancy legislation in England and Wales (see previous article https://abcbooks.co.uk/agriculture-bill-2020/). This To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 24 January 2020 Combinable Crop Markets – Jan ’20 This time last year, we showed the chart below with the faded bars. It demonstrated wheat was priced with a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 January 2020 Agriculture Bill 2020 The Agriculture Bill was set before Parliament on the 16th January. This will set the framework for agricultural policy in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 January 2020 Wet Weather: Three Crop Rule We have had a few inquiries as to whether the three crop rule will be relaxed because of the wet To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 January 2020 LFASS Further to our article in December (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/lfass-payments-3/) the first tranche of LFASS loan payments have now started. The Scottish To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 18 January 2020 Land & Entitlement Transfers For those English farmers who need to transfer land and/or entitlements in preparation for this year’s BPS claim, the RPA To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 January 2020 Budget Date – Jan ’20 The first Budget of the new Government will be on the 11th March. The Chancellor, Sajid Javid has pledged to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 10 January 2020 Agriculture Bill Returns The Agriculture Bill will return to Parliament before the end of January, with a view to it becoming law by To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 3 January 2020 SRUC and Adas Joint Venture The Scottish Rural College (SRUC) and Adas are to form a new joint venture aimed at the agricultural sector. Running To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 3 January 2020 Farm Profits Up for 2019 Farm profitability increased by 16% in 2019 compared to the year before, according to Defra forecasts. The Department has released To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 3 January 2020 BPS Funds Maintained for 2020 The Government has announced that the 2020 BPS will be fully-funded at 2019 levels. In addition, it has also reiterated To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 31 December 2019 Minimum Wages Rates The National Living Wage will increase by 6.2% from April. The minimum rate of pay for those 25 years old To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
