Members Only 12 September 2019 Agriculture Bill Falls The Agriculture Bill will need to be reintroduced in the next Parliamentary session. Following Boris Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament, the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 September 2019 BPS 2019 Payments will continue to be made in Euros as well as Sterling for the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme. This has To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 September 2019 No Deal Contingency Plan Details of the ‘Operation Yellowhammer’ worst-case scenario planning in the event of a No-Deal Brexit have been published. This comes To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 September 2019 Residential Lettings The Government has launched a consultation – A new Deal for Renting, seeking views on its decision to remove Section To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 September 2019 Movement of Labour EU nationals will still be able to continue to come to the UK to live and work after 31st October To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 September 2019 Glyphosate Germany looks set to ban the use of Glyphosate by the end of 2023 when the EU’s current approval for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 10 September 2019 Spending Review The 2019 Spending Review, held on 4th September, sees Defra receive extra funding along with additional support for Scottish and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 September 2019 Local Enterprise Partnerships Many in the farming industry have quietly forgotten about Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs). These were the bodies that set the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 September 2019 Strutt & Parker Farms Sold After a year on the market, the Strutt and Parker Farms business has been sold. As we reported last September, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 3 September 2019 Tulip Pigs Sold The Tulip pig processing business has been sold by Danish Crown to the US-based Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation. In turn, Pilgrim’s To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Brexit Update Although activity in Westminster and Brussels is usually subdued during the August holidays, this year it is more of a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Hedgrows and Boundaries Capital Grants There appears to be delays in offering Hedgerows and Boundaries Capital Grants (HBCGs). Agreements should have been offered in July To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 The Milk Market Cow’s milk continues to hold its own in the market, despite the growing range of ‘alternative milks’. This finding comes To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Defra Brexit Leaflet Defra has released a leaflet setting out its latest information on farming policy in England after Brexit. With the slightly To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Arable Roundup UK Harvest Until the last week of August, harvest was a headache for many farmers. Many areas had four inches To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Bovine TB The badger cull could be extended to 10 new areas this autumn. According to Natural England it has received 14 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Beet Price Delay In last month’s Bulletin we wrote that the beet price for the 2020 crop was still to be agreed. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 Bayer Sells Animal Health Business The German chemical business, Bayer, has sold its animal health division to Elanco. The deal is reportedly worth $7.6bn and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 August 2019 English Regional Statistics Defra has published detailed statistical data farm profits in different parts of England (see https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/agriculture-in-the-english-regions). It has been doing this To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 August 2019 Dairy Roundup Prices After recording a 2.7% increase in July, the GDT average price index fell back by 2.6% at the next To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 August 2019 Agri-environmental Overpayments It appears that around 1,000 Environmental and Countryside Stewardship scheme agreement holders have been paid too much. These are some To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2019 Tree Planting The water industry in England has announced plans to plant 11 million trees to support their goal of being carbon To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2019 Welsh BPS Payments Similar to last year, the Welsh Government has announced a BPS loan scheme will be available to those who do To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 August 2019 National Food Strategy Defra has launched a ‘call for evidence’ to feed into its National Food Strategy. Readers may recall we wrote about To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
