Members Only 27 February 2018 Future Farm Policy DEFRA launched its much-anticipated consultation on the future for food, farming and the environment on 27th of February. It is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 BPS Applications 2018 It seems likely that the Rural Payments system will open for online applications from the 13th March 2018. This is To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 Scottish Active Farmer Rule We wrote last month that DEFRA had dropped the Active Farmer rule in England following a change in the legislation To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 Farm Incomes Surge The profit of UK agriculture in 2017 rose by 45% compared to the previous year. Total Income from Farming (‘TIFF’) To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 New NFU President For the first time in its 109 year history the National Farmer Union (NFU) of England and Wales has elected a To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 Innovation Funding New funding of £90m is to be invested by the Government in agri-tech. It will be used to support artificial To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 Farm Collaboration Initiatives The Governments in both England and Scotland have announced initiatives this month to improve the level of collaboration between farm To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 SRUC Brexit Analysis A report analysing the impact of post-Brexit scenarios on different farm types has found that Scotland farmers will be worse To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 Russell Hume The meat trading business, Russell Hume has gone into administration. This follows a suspension in production back in January after To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 Arla & Yeo Valley Partnership Arla Foods Limited has announced it is acquiring Yeo Valley Dairies Limited, a subsidiary of the Yeo Valley Group. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 CSS Update CS Application Packs Our article of 16th January reported on the opening of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme application window. This To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 BPS Update Although the 2018 BPS application window is not opening until Mid-March, there is still a fair amount going on and To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 23 February 2018 BPS Land Use Screen As written previously, the 2018 BPS application window will not open until mid-March; no definite date has yet been announced. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 February 2018 Farmland Values The supply of farmland coming onto the market continues to fall according to the latest Rural Land Market Survey from To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 February 2018 Cefetra Goes Shopping The specialist arable crops business, Premium Crops, has been sold to the grain trader Cefetra, subject to due diligence. Premium To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 February 2018 Levy Bodies Joint Activity The meat levy bodies of England, Scotland and Wales have announced a £2 million programme of joint activity. The Agriculture To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 13 February 2018 LFASS Loans The Scottish Government has announced it will be offering a nationally-funded loan for the 2017 Less Favoured Area Support Scheme To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 February 2018 Field Margins to Satisfy Greening With the prohibition of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) on Ecological Focus Areas, many are looking for alternatives to growing Nitrogen To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 February 2018 Welsh Young Entrants Scheme Welsh Cabinet Secretary, Lesley Griffiths, has announced a new £6 million initiative to support young entrants into farming. The new To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 February 2018 Farm Incomes in Scotland Farm profits in Scotland are estimated to have risen by 36% last year. This finding comes from the Scottish Government’s first To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 February 2018 Yorkshire Sugar Factory In Doubt Plans to build a new sugar beet processing plant in Yorkshire have stalled. As reported in our article last May, To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 February 2018 Small Grants Scheme Open The Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme is now open for applications. It was officially launched by the Farm Minister, George To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 February 2018 Welsh BPS Payments The Welsh Government has announced that 96% of claimants had been paid their 2017 BPS money as at the end To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 February 2018 BPS Application Delay The RPA’s Chief Executive, Paul Caldwell, has announced that BPS applications in England will not now open until ‘mid March’. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
