Subscribers Only7 November 2019Scottish Milk Surplus Muller’s review into the Scottish milk surplus (see last month’s article – https://abcbooks.co.uk/dairy-upate/) has resulted in the processor serving 12 To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only5 November 2019Growth Programme Defra has announced the RDPE Growth Programme has opened for a further round of applications. Funding is available under three To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only5 November 2019BPS 2019 Payment Rate The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has announced the payment levels under the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) for England. As To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only5 November 2019Farm Business Income Revised figures from Defra show profits fell across most farm types in 2018/19. Taken from the Farm Business Survey (FBS), To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only1 November 2019Rural Mobile Coverage The Government is teaming-up with the mobile phone industry in a £1 billion deal to banish rural not-spots. The aim To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only1 November 2019Scottish Convergence Funding Fergus Ewing, Scotland’s Rural Economy Secretary has announced the first £80m of the £160m ‘convergence funding’ will be paid in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only28 October 2019Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme – Oct ’19 Defra has confirmed all eligible applications to the second round of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme (CPSGS) have been To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only28 October 2019Potato Roundup The wet October has frustrated potato lifting, with some growers still expecting to be harvesting at the end of November To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only28 October 2019Dutch Farmer Protests Dutch farmers have been protesting throughout October against new environmental restrictions that the Government of the Netherlands is proposing. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only25 October 2019Dairy Upate GDT At the latest Global Dairy Trade event, the average price index saw a further, marginal, increase by 0.5% to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only25 October 2019Meadow Farm – Oct ’19 Andersons has updated its Meadow Farm Model. This is a notional mixed farm with grazing livestock and some arable. The table To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only25 October 2019Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement Bill Having concluded negotiations with the EU on a revised Brexit Deal last week (see accompanying article), on 22nd October, Boris To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only25 October 2019October Arable Commentary This time last year, we discussed how well the planted crops had established and were growing. This year, over much To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only23 October 2019Bovine TB – Oct ’19 Results from two new pieces of research come to completely opposite conclusions on the effectiveness of culling badgers in reducing To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only23 October 2019Third Country Listing Approval The UK will still be allowed to continue to export live animals and animal products to the EU even if To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only23 October 2019Beef to China British beef farmers will be given a much needed boost by the news exports of British beef to China have To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only18 October 2019Brexit Deal Reached On 17th October, UK and EU negotiators agreed a new Withdrawal Agreement for the UK’s exit from the EU. Many To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only18 October 2019Queen’s Speech and Ag Bill With the end of the Parliamentary session on 8th October the Agricultural Bill ‘fell’ as it had not been passed. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only16 October 2019Payment by Results AES Promising results have been reported from pilot studies assessing a Payment by Results (PBR) agri-environment scheme. The Results Based Agri-Environment To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only16 October 2019Pig Prices Is the GB pig price finally starting to see a significant increase? With all the problems of African Swine Fever To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only16 October 2019US Impose Tariffs The US is introducing retaliatory tariffs on a whole raft of products imported from the EU, including food. The full To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only16 October 2019Tomlinson’s Dairies Tomlinson’s Dairies of Wrexham has ceased trading. Highlighting the current problems in the UK liquid milk sector, the 10th biggest To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only14 October 2019Livestock Numbers The main categories of UK livestock have all shown a small decline over the past year. These are the results To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only14 October 2019Crop Areas and Yields The UK has had a record-breaking cereals harvest in 2019. According to provisional Defra estimates, the total crop was over To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin