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24 April 2024
Food security is in the spotlight. There is increasing focus on food security due to global unrest, food shortages, climate change and other shocks such as the pandemic. More recently, at the NFU conference, the Prime Minister announced further commitments to food security reporting and funding for domestic production.
11 March 2024
With England’s farming industry in the middle of the Agricultural Transition, schemes are being expanded to pay farmers and land managers to provide environmental goods and services alongside food production.
4 March 2024
The final stage of the Welsh Government’s consultation regarding the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) is due to close on 07 March 2023. The proposal details the scope of the SFS, the actions involved, and how SFS payments will affect payments from the Basic Payment Scheme.
4 March 2024
In the AHDB February Outlook we predicted that interest rates would be likely to start dropping late Spring/early Summer, with a gentle downward trajectory throughout the year.
24 April 2024
Will it really pay to take farmland out of production and capitalise on high paying agri-environment actions? We consider the various considerations and implications at play.
4 March 2024
The Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has announced at the NFU Scotland’s spring conference that 70% of future support for Scottish farmers will be provided as direct payments.
29 January 2024
This week heralds the much delayed introduction of checks at the border good imported to the UK from the EU
23 February 2024
Further information regarding Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) was announced at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference.
15 January 2024
See how stacking SFI options can boost income
6 July 2023
Defra have announced that the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 will be launched in August
16 June 2023
The second round of the Landscape Recovery scheme is open for applications, but how are farmers feeling about the major changes occurring in domestic agricultural policy, and what are their attitudes towards the scheme?
24 August 2023
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)