Members Only 25 April 2025 Farm Innovation Programme Defra has announced funding is available via the Farming Innovation Programme (FIP) for those who want to research or develop To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2025 NFU Beef Vision The NFU has produced a Ten-Year Vision for the British Beef Industry. This sets out a number of actions designed To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2025 Farm Profitability Review Baroness Minette Batters has been appointed to head Defra’s review into farm profitability. The review will feed into the 25-Year To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2025 Pesticides Action Plan Defra has published its first Pesticides National Action Plan in a decade. It has been developed in partnership between Defra, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2025 Glyphosate The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has extended the use of Glyphosate in Great Britain until at least 15th December To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 April 2025 Regulation Review An independent internal review of Defra’s rules and regulations has been published. The report, which was led by Dan Corry, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 17 April 2025 SFS Wales The Welsh Government provided an update on the progress of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SPS) at the end of March. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
7 April 2025 Meadow Farm Latest Strong livestock prices and lower feed costs sees Meadow Farm forecast to make a profit from production for only the...
7 April 2025 SFI Update The SFI Expanded Offer (SFI 2024) was suddenly closed on the evening of the 11th March. Defra has said all...
Members Only 27 March 2025 Spring Statement There were no (more) nasty surprises for farming in the Spring Statement on the 26th March. The Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Trade Update Since returning to office in January 2025, President Donald Trump has reignited his signature ‘America First’ trade agenda. This has To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Potato Market Update No two potato seasons are the same and that is certainly the case this year. A year ago growers were To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Planning and Infrastructure Bill The Planning and Infrastructure Bill had its first reading in Parliament on the 11th March. This is one of the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Dairy Update Prices The GDT Price Index has seen little movement during March. At the first event in the month the average To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Food Strategy The Government has started the process to produce a national Food Strategy. It has set up a Food Strategy Advisory To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 National Estate for Nature The National Estate for Nature Group has held its inaugural meeting. The Group, which is made up of major landowners To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Chicken Manure Ruling A High Court ruling means chicken manure must be classified as industrial waste under the Waste Framework Directive. The ruling To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Farm Assurance Dr David Llewellyn has been appointed as the independent monitoring and reporting commissioner to monitor the progress of delivering the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Foot & Mouth Disease Since our article of 16th January reporting on a case of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Germany (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/fmd-germany/) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Rural England Prosperity Fund Defra has announced up to £33 million will be directed to the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) for the 2025/26 To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 March 2025 Combinable Crops Roundup Old crop grain and oilseed markets tumbled through March. There is a compounding set of factors behind this, including good To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 March 2025 Farm Budget The closure of the SFI has highlighted once again the issue of the farm support budget. In this article we To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 March 2025 Meadow Farm Strong livestock prices and lower feed costs sees Meadow Farm forecast to make a profit from production for only the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 March 2025 Farm Business Income Profits rose for all farm types in England in 2024/25, apart from Cereals Farms. This is according to the forecasts To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
