Subscribers Only 22 August 2025 Sugar Price 2026 The headline price for sugar beet is to drop to £30 per tonne for the 2026 crop. This compares to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 August 2025 Scottish Policy Update Change in Scotland’s support schemes has been very slow in arriving. It seems increasingly likely that meaningful reform is slipping To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 August 2025 Beef Market Update – Aug ’25 The AHDB has updated its Outlook for the beef market in 2025. Annual production is now forecast to reduce by To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 August 2025 Loam Farm Latest Harvest is now complete for most in the south of Great Britain. As discussed elsewhere, the overall theme of harvest To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 August 2025 Bluetongue Restrictions Further to our article in June (see https://abcbooks.co.uk/bluetongue-movement-of-livestock/) Wales and Scotland have announced changes to their Bluetongue movement restrictions as To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 August 2025 Welsh Schemes Update The Welsh Government has announced the availability of a number of schemes to support farm businesses in the transition to To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 August 2025 Pork Exports Twelve businesses across England and Northern Ireland have secured approval to export British pork to Mexico. With consumption in Mexico’s To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 21 August 2025 Pig Supply Chain Contracts From 13th August the Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) Regulations 2025 (FDOP 2025) came into force. The new rules are aimed To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 20 August 2025 Vivergo Closes The Vivergo bioethanol plant on Humberside is to close by the end of August. Its owner, ABF, has stated that To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 12 August 2025 Base Rate Cut – Aug ’25 The Bank of England reduced its Base Rate by 0.25% to 4% on the 7th August. This is the 5th To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 5 August 2025 Grazing Derogations Farmers in England can apply for a temporary grazing derogation on some Countryside Stewardship or SFI options. The announcement comes To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
4 August 2025 Sustainable Farming Scheme: Wales – Aug ’25 The Welsh Government has published details of the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) which commences on 1st January 2026. The SFS...
4 August 2025 Food Strategy The Government has published its Food Strategy for England called 'Towards a Good Food Cycle'. It sets out the challenges...
Subscribers Only 31 July 2025 Capital Grants: Closed The (environmental) Capital Grants scheme has now closed. According to a blog post issued by Defra on the 1st August To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2025 Dairy Roundup – Jul ’25 Milk deliveries through the second quarter of the calendar year have been strong. According to the AHDB, GB deliveries were To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2025 Foot and Mouth Strategy Defra has published a Foot and Mouth Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain. The policy paper establishes a comprehensive disease To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2025 Beef & Sheep Update – Jul ’25 Beef Prime cattle prices fell through May and most of June, but since the beginning of July have stabilised. The To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 29 July 2025 US/EU ‘Trade Deal’ On 27th July, the US and the EU agreed a trade deal that will levy a 15% tariff on most To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 July 2025 UK Grain Market Update – Jul ’25 Harvest in the UK was off to a fast start. Some winter barley was cut by the end of June, To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
28 July 2025 BNG for NSIPS The requirement to use the statutory biodiversity metric for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) has been delayed until May 2026....
Subscribers Only 28 July 2025 EA Inspections Defra has said Environment Agency (EA) farm inspections will be increasing by about 50% after a ‘funding boost’. Defra states To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 July 2025 CS Higher Tier – Jul ’25 The Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) will open for applications in September – but only for those that have already To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 28 July 2025 UK/India Trade Deal On 24th July, the UK and Indian Prime Ministers formally signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which was initially announced To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only 25 July 2025 Global Grain Markets With the Northern Hemisphere harvest in full flow, it is worth looking at global supply and demand and its implications To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
