Members Only 13 February 2019 LFASS 2018 Payments The Scottish Government has announced it will again be offering a nationally-funded loan scheme to those eligible for LFASS 2018 To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 4 February 2019 BPS & CS Key Dates The RPA has confirmed the online Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications window will open on 13th March. The announcement has To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 29 January 2019 Dairy Update – Jan ’19 Producer Numbers The number of dairy businesses in England and Wales exiting the industry has seen an increase over the To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 29 January 2019 Milk Prices At the latest Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction the average index increased by a further 4.2% to stand at $3,057. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 29 January 2019 Meat Markets Beef Prime cattle prices continue their lacklustre start to the year. Prices generally see a downward trend in the New To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 29 January 2019 Brexit Votes On 29th January, Parliament voted on a series of Brexit amendments which sought to give some clarity on the future To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 January 2019 Friesian Farm Update Ahead of the Dairy-Tech Show on the 6th February, Andersons have updated their Friesian Farm model. The figures show surprisingly To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 January 2019 Tariffs Under No Deal As the political chaos continues, we have had a few queries of what the practical effect of a ‘No-Deal Brexit’ To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 January 2019 Potato Production Falls AHDB estimates put the 2018 GB potato crop at the lowest level since 2012. Provisional figures, released before Christmas, put total To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 January 2019 Beet Harvest – Jan ’19 The 2018 beet crop looks set to be better than forecast following the hot dry summer. Within a trading update by To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 January 2019 Fengrain and Frontier The cooperative Fengrain has announced that it has entered into ‘exclusive negotiations’ with Frontier regarding the latter taking on the grain trading To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 January 2019 Gleadell Ownership Change The Lincolnshire-based grain trader Gleadell is to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the giant US-based trader, Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 28 January 2019 Combinable Crops: January Update Sterling is at its strongest point against the Euro for almost a year and a half (which lowers grain values), To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 25 January 2019 Entitlement and Land Transfers Open It is now possible to transfer English entitlements and land ahead of the 2019 BPS claim. The RPA has ‘switched To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 22 January 2019 Defra Food Policy Michael Gove’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference at the start of January saw a subtle shift in the Government’s To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 22 January 2019 Machinery Investment English farmers spent almost £2bn on machinery and equipment in the 2017/18 year. This finding comes from Farm Business Survey To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 17 January 2019 BPS Update – Jan ’19 2018 Payments The RPA has confirmed 93.4% of eligible applicants received their 2018 Basic Payment by the end of December. To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 16 January 2019 Brexit Reaching Tipping Point On 15th January, the Government suffered a historic defeat (by 230 votes) in its first bid to get Parliament to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 16 January 2019 New Renewables Support The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation on proposals for future low-carbon small-scale electricity To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 15 January 2019 Scottish Forestry Support Fergus Ewing, has announced two initiatives which aim to provide ‘stability and simplicity’ for the forestry sector during Brexit. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 11 January 2019 LFASS The Scottish Government has announced LFASS support will continue in 2020 but at a much reduced rate. Our article back To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 11 January 2019 Scottish CAP Payments Scotland has published a payment schedule for when CAP payments will be made to farmers and crofters in 2019 for To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 11 January 2019 Tenancy Reform Defra announced back in November that it would be launching a consultation on agricultural tenancy reform in January 2019. Due To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Members Only 24 December 2018 FITs Closure The Government has confirmed that the current Feed-in Tariff regime for renewable electricity will close for new applications as from To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin