Subscribers Only 18 March 2019 Spring Statement The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, presented his Spring Statement on the 13th March. It was rather overshadowed by To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 14 March 2019 Post-Brexit Tariffs Plans Protection from low-cost imports of agricultural goods in the UK could be sharply reduced in the event of a No-Deal Brexit. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 March 2019 BPS 2019 After a short delay, the online application window is now open in England. If applicants log onto Rural Payments, scroll To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 13 March 2019 BPS 2019 Those in England who are raring to get their BPS 2019 application season started, may have to wait a little To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 7 March 2019 Farm Business Income Farm profits fell across most farm types in the 2018/19 year. This is the finding of the first forecasts of To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 7 March 2019 Extra Defra Staff According to a Freedom of Information request, Defra has recruited 2,700 extra staff to deal with Brexit. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 6 March 2019 New Minister of State Following the resignation of George Eustice, Robert Goodwill has been appointed as Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 4 March 2019 Eustice Resigns The Farming Minister, George Eustice, resigned his position on the 28th February in protest at the Government’s handling of Brexit. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 February 2019 Milk Prices Muller announced at the end of January it would be reducing its milk price by 1.25ppl from 1st March. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 27 February 2019 BPS or June Survey Areas, which are Correct? Since the revision of the CAP in 2015, when Greening was introduced, the claim form for direct payments has become To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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),...
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
Subscribers 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
