Subscribers Only15 October 2018Small Grants Scheme Defra has confirmed that the Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme will now open for a further round of applications in To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only10 October 2018Agriculture Bill Progress The Agriculture Bill received its second reading in the House of Commons on the 10th October. MPs voted to approve To access this post, you must subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only4 October 2018Scottish 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only4 October 2018Farm 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only4 October 2018New 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only1 October 2018Scottish 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only1 October 2018Financial 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only1 October 2018BPS 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only28 September 2018Budget 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only26 September 2018Land 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only26 September 2018Brexit 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only26 September 2018Meat 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only26 September 2018Combinable Crop Markets – Sept ’16 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only25 September 2018Vivergo 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only24 September 2018Milk 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only24 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only24 September 2018Strutt & 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only24 September 2018Friesian 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only21 September 2018Farm 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only20 September 2018Migration 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only18 September 2018Beet 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only18 September 2018Livestock 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only18 September 2018Crop Areas – Sept ’18 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
Subscribers Only18 September 2018Environmental 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 subscribe to our bulletin (90-day free trial available) Professional Update Bulletin
