Members Only 4 October 2018 Scottish BPS Payments Scottish Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, has announced that the first tranche of 2018 BPS loan payments are underway and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 October 2018 Farm Business Grant Wales The Welsh Government has confirmed that the deadline for applications to the Farm Business Grant has been extended until 26th To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 October 2018 New Defra Minister A new Minister has joined the Defra team. David Rutley, MP for Macclesfield, joins as a Parliamentary Under Secretary. He To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 October 2018 Scottish Brexit Task Force Fergus Ewing, Rural Economy Secretary for Scotland, has announced plans to establish a Task Force to produce measures which will To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 October 2018 Financial Discipline Reimbursement Defra has announced the latest Financial Discipline Mechanism (FDM) reimbursement rate is 1.310%. Any farmer with a 2017 BPS claim To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 October 2018 BPS Conversion Rate 2018 BPS payments for 2018 will be converted at a rate of €1 = £0.89281. This is 0.2% lower than last year’s To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 28 September 2018 Budget Date 2018 The Government has announced that the date of the Budget will be brought forward so that it does not clash To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 September 2018 Land Market The latest release from the RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey shows land prices still edging up, although this appears to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 September 2018 Brexit Progress(?) Events of the last month seem to have made the prospect of a No-Deal Brexit more likely. As outlined previously, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 September 2018 Meat Markets Deadweight cattle prices have seen a strong increase since the middle of August. The deadweight all steer price has increased To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 26 September 2018 Combinable Crop Markets Wheat Supply and Demand The news about the domestic marketplace for old crop (newly harvested) wheat is dominated by the To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 25 September 2018 Vivergo Closure Proposed Vivergo has announced a proposed cessation of production as of the 30th September. Vivergo is the UK’s largest manufacturer of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2018 Milk Market There are mixed signals within the dairy markets at present and it is difficult to forecast which way domestic milk To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2018 £/€ Exchange Rate As we approach the final few days of September, the average £/€ exchange rate for the month is looking very To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2018 Strutt & Parker Farms for Sale Strutt and Parker Farms has been put up for sale. The business is diverse, generating income of about £21m a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 24 September 2018 Friesian Farm Figures The summer drought is set to reduce dairy profits by around 3ppl on Andersons’ Friesian Farm model. This is one To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 September 2018 Farm Policy – Further Thoughts Now there has been further time to digest the contents of the Agriculture Bill, and the accompanying statements from Defra, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 September 2018 Migration Advisory Committee Report The recently published Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report calls for a radical shift in UK migration policy in a post-Brexit To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 September 2018 Beet Price 2019 The beet price for the 2019 crop will fall to £19.07 per tonne. This compares to the current price, for To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 September 2018 Livestock Populations DEFRA has released its final estimates of livestock numbers in England as at 1st June 2018. The dairy and beef To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 September 2018 Crop Areas DEFRA has released the results for its final estimates of crop areas for England from 1stJune 2018 Survey. After three To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 18 September 2018 Environmental Stewardship Payments We recently updated readers on Countryside Stewardship (CS) payments, but Environmental Stewardship (ELS & HLS) Agreement holders have been experiencing To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 September 2018 Agriculture Bill The long-awaited Agriculture Bill was introduced into Parliament on the 12th September. Most interest will be on how farm support To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 12 September 2018 Defra’s Brexit Preparations The National Audit Office (NAO) reports that Defra has been making good progress in its preparations for leaving the EU. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
