Members Only 8 May 2019 Impact of UK’s WTO Tariffs on Food and Farming In April 2019, a study undertaken on behalf of the AHDB was published which focused on the impact of Brexit To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 BPS Update All seems rather quiet (too quiet?) in regards to this year’s BPS applications. Usually at this point in the process To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 Meat Markets Update Beef Have cattle prices finally stabilised? The deadweight All Steer Price has been below year-earlier levels since October last year To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 Supermarket Merger Off The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked the merger of Sainsburys and Asda. The planned £7.3bn merger, announced a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 Dairy Roundup Production Milk production continues to rattle along at a strong pace. Latest figures from the AHDB for the first two To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 Grain Crop Commentary Old Crop Towards the end of the wheat marketing season, the impact of the fundamentals of grain supply and demand To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 GHG Emissions The UK is managing to reduce the amount of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions it produces. Latest figures from Defra (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uks-carbon-footprint) show To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 International Grains Council Figures The International Grains Council (IGC) has released its first full supply and demand projection for the 2019/2020 year, showing 50 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 Residential Lettings The Government has outlined plans to give tenants greater security of tenure under residential lettings. There will be a consultation To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle Many will have noticed there are considerably fewer bright yellow fields than last year, and some a much paler shade To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 April 2019 Farm Practices Survey Defra has released the results from its Farm Practices Survey held in October 2018. The survey included questions on business To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 April 2019 General Licences for Bird Control On Thursday 25th April, Natural England (NE) revoked the three General Licences which allow for the control of certain wild To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2019 Never-ending Brexit The UK is now faced with the prospect of a ‘Halloween Brexit’ after yet another extension of the Article 50 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2019 UK Gains 3rd Country Status The EU has approved the UK as a ‘third country’. This means that, in the event of a ‘No-Deal’ Brexit, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2019 Agricultural Tenancy Reform Defra and the Welsh Government have launched consultations seeking views on reforms to agricultural tenancy legislation. The proposals aim to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2019 Farm Rents Latest rent data from Defra shows a mixed picture. Land let under Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) Tenancies saw a decline To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 11 April 2019 Dairy Producer Numbers A recent survey by the AHDB suggests there are currently around 8,850 dairy producers in GB; much less than Defra’s To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 April 2019 Scottish Support Payments The Scottish Government has announced Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) and LFASS payments will be made over the coming To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 9 April 2019 2018 BPS & CS The RPA has confirmed claimants will start receiving Bridging payments as from 12th April. These payments will be made to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 April 2019 Tenant Farming Commissioner Bob McIntosh, Scotland’s Tenant Farming Commissioner has released his sixth Code of Practice. The Code of Practice for Agreeing and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 April 2019 Scottish Farm Incomes Latest figures from the Scottish Government show average Farm Business Income (FBI) in 2017/18 rose to £35,400. This is a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 29 March 2019 Ensus Bioethanol production at the Ensus plant in Wilton has resumed again. Although production, which halted for the fourth time back To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2019 Chlorothalonil Another important agro-chemical will be lost to EU farmers as the European Commission has voted to ban chlorothalonil. The fungicide, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 27 March 2019 Future Support in Wales The Welsh Government has said no decisions on future farm support and land management policies will be published until May. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
