Members Only 27 February 2019 Arable Market Commentary New Crop In terms of growing conditions, little could be more extreme than the temperatures recorded this month compared to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 February 2019 Potato Roundup It is not shaping up to be such a high-priced season as many in the potato industry might have been To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 February 2019 Brexit Update – Feb ’19 Politically, it has been yet another tumultuous month regarding Brexit, but from an agri-food perspective, there have been relatively few To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 February 2019 UK Milk Production According to Defra’s statistics, UK milk production fell in January by 2.4% compared to December’s deliveries to 1,209m litres. But To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 26 February 2019 OMSCo The organic dairy co-operative OMSCo has announced a 1ppl milk price reduction as from 1st March. It also looks set To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
26 February 2019 Arla’s 13th Payment After previously announcing that the entire 2018 net profits would be paid out to its farmers (see September's article https://abcbooks.co.uk/?s=Arla),...
Members Only 26 February 2019 Saputo to Buy Dairy Crest Dairy Crest has agreed to a purchase by Canadian dairy processor Saputo. The price is 620p per share which values Dairy To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 February 2019 Irish No Deal Preparations The UK Government continues to update its No-Deal Brexit notices (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-prepare-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal). The Irish Government has now also taken its No-Deal To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 February 2019 UK Tariffs to be Set The level of tariffs that the UK will levy after Brexit is due to be published shortly. It has been To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 February 2019 New Powers to Prevent Traveller Trespass The Government plans to give new powers to Police and Local Authorities to deal with illegal traveller sites (see https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-announces-plans-to-tackle-illegal-traveller-sites). To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 February 2019 Water Consultations Defra is currently consulting on updating the legislation on water issues. It aims to improve the long-term planning of water resources and To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 February 2019 CFE Relaunch The Campaign for the Farmed Environment (CFE) is now ten years old and is set to be re-launched under a To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 February 2019 Conservation Covenants The Government is consulting on the introduction of Conservation Covenants (see https://consult.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-management/conservation-covenants/). Whilst perhaps not sounding very exciting, these potentially To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 21 February 2019 Scottish Environmental Protection The Scottish Government has published a consultation on Environmental Principles and Governance after Brexit (see https://www.gov.scot/publications/consultation-environmental-principles-governance-scotland-4/pages/2/). This seems to mirror To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 21 February 2019 NFU Future of Food Report The NFU launched its ‘Future of Food 2040’ report at its annual conference in mid-February. The document looks at the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 February 2019 Countryside Stewardship 2018 Payments Michael Gove announced at the NFU Conference that bridging payments will begin for Countryside Stewardship (CS) 2018 payments from the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 20 February 2019 RLE1 Forms We understand from the RPA that it is a good time to be submitting RLE1s. According to the Agency it To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 February 2019 Muller Cost Cutting Muller UK is looking to make £100m of savings in its business over the next 12 months to address profitability To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 February 2019 Natural England Chairman A life-long environmentalist is set to become the next Chairman of Natural England. The Environment Secretary has announced Tony Juniper To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 February 2019 UK Organic Market The organic food market in the UK has grown for the seventh consecutive year according to the latest report from To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 February 2019 European Dairy Auction An auction mechanism for European dairy products has taken a step closer. Joint venture partners European Energy Exchange (EEX) and To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 February 2019 Welsh Scheme Update Below are some key dates for schemes in Wales: BPS – The Single Application Form (SAF) will be available from 4th March; To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 19 February 2019 Red Meat Production Outlook With farmgate prices for both beef and sheep remaining rather lacklustre, we take a look at the AHDB’s latest production To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 13 February 2019 Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme – Feb ’19 Like many of our readers, we were expecting the second round of the Countryside Productivity Small Grants (CPSG) Scheme to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
