Members Only 17 December 2019 Cross Compliance Guidance – Dec ’19 The 2020 edition of the ‘Guide to Cross Compliance in England’ has been published. This can be found at – To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 December 2019 Future Relationship Talks With the Withdrawal Agreement now looking certain to pass following the General Election result, the focus is turning to the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 13 December 2019 General Election: Thumping Tory Majority The Conservatives have secured their biggest overall majority since 1987. At the time of writing, they have 364 seats (only To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 12 December 2019 Beef & Sheep Outlook The AHDB has recently released its latest beef & sheep Outlook forecasts. Beef Outlook The levy board expects the beef To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 12 December 2019 Avian Flu – Dec ’19 Avian Influenza was confirmed on a commercial chicken farm in mid-Suffolk on 10th December. According to Defra it is low To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 6 December 2019 Agri-environment Payments – Dec ’19 Readers may recall that 2019 Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) scheme payments are to be made in one To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 6 December 2019 Woodland Carbon Guarantee Scheme Defra has announced the dates for the first online auction under the Woodland Carbon Guarantee (WCaG) scheme. Following the launch To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 November 2019 New EU Commission A new European Commission starts work on the 1st December. The Commission is often called the EU’s Civil Service, but To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 November 2019 Welsh BPS Retained for 2021 The Welsh Government has confirmed the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) will continue in Wales in 2021, as long as sufficient To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 November 2019 Global Grain Markets Harvest 2019 produced mixed results on a global scale, in terms of the main combinable crops. As the months progress, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 November 2019 Weather and 2020 Cropping Weather Data The extraordinarily wet autumn has left as much as half of the planned winter wheat area still undrilled To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 November 2019 NZ Carbon Emissions Farmers in New Zealand have been given five years to cut their carbon emissions, otherwise penalties will be imposed. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 27 November 2019 2019 BPS Payments With payments due to commence on 2nd December (the 1st is a Sunday), one piece of information was lacking in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 November 2019 Dairy Update – Nov ’19 The Global Dairy Trade (GDT) average price index experienced good gains in November, rising by 3.7% and 1.7% in the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 November 2019 Election Manifestos and Farming Ahead of the General Election on Thursday 12th December the main Parties have all published their manifestos. Although farming is To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 November 2019 Loam Farm: Cropping Changes Like many real-life farms across the country, Andersons’ Loam Farm is also having to deal with the effects of the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 November 2019 Meat Markets Beef Farmgate beef prices have been disappointing all year, only going above the five-year average for a brief spell in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 21 November 2019 BPS 2020 We have received some questions on what is happening for the 2020 BPS. The previous Government stated (repeatedly) that the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 November 2019 African Swine Fever The effects of African Swine Fever (ASF) cannot be underestimated. It is forecast that the disease will halve China’s pig To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 November 2019 Flooding Support Those badly affected by the floods across Yorkshire and the Midlands will be able to apply for grants of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 15 November 2019 £50m Incentive to Plant Trees Defra is encouraging farmers and landowners in England to plant more trees and create new woodland to help tackle climate To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 15 November 2019 Scotland’s Convergence Funding It appears Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary has already made changes to how the £160m ‘Convergence Funding’ will be allocated. Our To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 7 November 2019 NVZ Grassland Derogation Applications for a grassland derogation for 2020 in England can now be made. Usually, producers within a NVZ can apply To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 7 November 2019 Welsh Schemes Update BPS 2019 Payments The BPS Support Scheme application is available on RPW Online. The deadline for applications is 29th November. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
