Members Only 5 January 2018 Gove and Future Farm Support Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, the DEFRA Secretary, Michael Gove, has provided some clarity around the future of farm To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 January 2018 BPS Updates for England Payments Michael Gove has reported that 91% of claimants received their 2017 BPS payment by the end of December. We To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 January 2018 Welsh BPS Updates Changes to Land In Wales, the Field Management (FM4) paper forms used to to report changes to land have been To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 5 January 2018 Woodland Creation Grant The Countryside Stewardship Woodland Creation Grant is now open for applications. This is a standalone capital grant under the CSS. To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2017 Loam Farm Update The latest figures from Andersons Loam Farm model show that returns from the 2017 harvest are likely to be good To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2017 Brexit Sector Analyses The House of Commons Brexit Committee has finally published impact assessments on how 39 sectors of the UK economy will To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 22 December 2017 BPS Payment Update The RPA has announced that, as at the 20th December, 84% of claimants had received their 2017 BPS. This equates To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 21 December 2017 BPS 2017 Payment Progress The RPA has announced it paid 63% of eligible BPS claimants in England between 1st and 6th of December. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 December 2017 Dairy Markets Rising milk production in the EU and globally is putting downward pressure on the dairy markets. Reports from AHDB dairy To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 20 December 2017 LFASS Payments Farmers and crofters will receive more through LFASS payments for 2018 than expected. The Scottish Government has confirmed that hill To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 December 2017 December Arable Update Those watching the global wheat supply and demand tables will easily be able to see that global stocks are higher To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 December 2017 Cross Compliance Guidance DEFRA has published the latest cross compliance guidance. The ‘Guide to Cross Compliance in England 2018’ will not be sent To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 December 2017 Animal Welfare The Government is seeking views on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill. The Bill which was To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 December 2017 Welsh NVZs It is looking increasingly likely that the whole of Wales will be designated as a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ). Lesley To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 December 2017 Agri Environment Pledge Requested A group of industry organisations has asked the DEFRA Secretary, Michael Gove, to make a pledge on agri-environment schemes. The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 December 2017 EU/Mercosur Trade Deal There will be no EU-Mecosur trade deal this year. The negotiations with the group of South America countries has been held To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 19 December 2017 Crop Protection Member States have agreed on a criteria for indentifying endocrine disruptors in pesticides. We have written about this topic previously To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
19 December 2017 Scottish Income Tax Rates Rates of Income Tax in Scotland and the rest of the UK are set to diverge further following the Scottish...
Members Only 19 December 2017 Brexit Progress Trade Talks Can Start EU leaders meeting on the 15th December rubber-stamped the deal that allows the Brexit talks to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 14 December 2017 English Grant Schemes Countryside Stewardship Scheme Similar to last year, delays are expected in issuing Countryside Stewardship Agreements. Although the problem is not To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 8 December 2017 Brexit Breakthrough Sufficient progress has been made in the Exit strand of the Brexit negotiations for the talks to move on to To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 7 December 2017 Early Bird Survey AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds has published its provisional results for their annual Early bird Survey, undertaken for them by The To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 4 December 2017 Farming Rules For Water The Government has announced new rules for farmers in England to tackle diffuse water pollution from agriculture. The ‘Farming Rules To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.
Members Only 1 December 2017 CAP Reform Plans The EU Commission has officially started discussions on the next round of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform with its publication of To access this post, you must purchase Professional Update Bulletin.