Members Only 15 July 2019 Defra Chief Scientist Defra has appointed a new Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA), Professor Gideon Henderson. Professor Henderson has been head of Earth Sciences To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 July 2019 Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme The second application window for the Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) has finally opened. Initially, we expected the second round To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 July 2019 AHDB Planting Survey Confirming earlier predictions, the area of wheat and winter barley have risen for harvest 2019, whilst spring barley and, particularly, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 July 2019 Sugar Beet Crop British Sugar expects the 2019 beet harvest to ‘at least’ match that of 2018 in terms of tonnage. In a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 July 2019 Inheritance Tax Review Gifts could become exempt from Inheritance Tax (IHT) after five years, rather than the current seven, if the recommendations of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 July 2019 Food Review Defra has finally published the Terms of Reference of an independent review into the food sector. As we reported back To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 2 July 2019 EU Agrees Mercosur and Vietnam Trade Deals On 28th June, twenty years to the day that negotiations started, the EU and Mercosur reached a political agreement on To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2019 Potato Update A larger potato crop than last year is on the cards, but the lack of any carry-over is likely to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2019 Mercosur Deal The EU and the Mecosur group of South American Countries (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay) look close to concluding a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2019 Milk Production The latest GB milk production forecast from the AHDB puts deliveries for 2019/20 at 12.56 billion litres. This is a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2019 Dairy Markets Global Markets Having risen at every event since the beginning of the year, the GDT average price index has fallen To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2019 Badger Culls Natural England has authorised the licence holders to resume the culling of badgers in two supplementary control areas in Gloucestershire To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 June 2019 Beef Market A lack of domestic demand is having a negative impact on the beef market. After seeing a steady increase throughout To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 June 2019 Arable Market Thoughts It never rains, it always pours! By early June, some were concerned about the dry soil conditions, by the end, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 June 2019 Race for Next PM – The Final Two At one stage, there were thirteen candidates seeking to become the next Prime Minister (and leader of the Conservative party) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2019 Brexit – North-South Cooperation Areas On 20th June, details were released of an exercise which outlined the scale of the areas of north-south cooperation on To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2019 Agri-Environment Payments Defra has announced outstanding agri-environment payments will be made by the end of July. Our article of 18th June explained To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2019 British Beef to China British beef is set to be exported to China for the first time since 1996. Farming Minister, Robert Goodwill and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 June 2019 Net Zero UK Carbon In one of her final acts as Prime Minister, Theresa May has set down an ambitious new climate change target To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 June 2019 Fertiliser Prices Prices for nitrogen fertiliser have opened the new season around £30 per tonne higher than in 2018. Ammonium nitrate for June/July To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 June 2019 Environmental Scheme Payments Update Environmental Stewardship (ES) and Countryside Stewardship (CS) payment delays continue. Some claimants have still not received their 2017 ES payments. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 June 2019 Wild Bird Licences New General Licences issued To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 June 2019 Labour Land Report An independent report commissioned for the Labour Party makes some radical suggestions for policy on land use and ownership. With To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 6 June 2019 Agriculture in the UK Defra has published the latest version of its compendium of farming statistics – ‘Agriculture in the UK’. The 2018 edition To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
