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LFASS Loan 2019
Thursday 12th December 2019
Still awaiting "official" confirmation what with election going-ons', but letters to offer LFASS loans are expected to arrive shortly... This is expected to be 95% of 80% of your 2018 payment (!). Please opt in by 17th January 2020. 💥Convergence funding still being hotly debated but £90 million apparently on track…
Future of Subsidies
Saturday 9th November 2019
Worrying times? To be clear this is not a political post - just one to make us all stop for a second and think about our own business's future... In January 2018 Michael Gove confirmed subsidy's…
2019 Sheep Counts
Friday 27th September 2019
🐑2019 Sheep Counts - Top Tips!🐑 SGRPID have recently started their 2019 sheep counts, so below are a few changes that you should be aware of for 2019: 1) If the farmer inspected has no sheep, but has had sheep…
💥Scottish Upland Sheep Support Scheme (SUSSS) - aka "Ewe Hogg Scheme" - NOW OPEN💥
Wednesday 4th September 2019
📆1st Sept - 30th Nov📆 🐑Payment made on ewe hoggs ( 80% Region 3 land AND
2019 Agricultural Census
Monday 10th June 2019
The June census is underway and must be returned by the 30th June. This is a legal requirement and failing to return it may increase your chance of an inspection - so that's a pretty…
SAF 2019
Tuesday 2nd April 2019
It's been a busy few months in the office - our final AECS applications are ready to be submitted for the 12th April deadline, and lots of farms visits are underway for the 2019…
Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS)
Monday 31st December 2018
Remember that your beef calf scheme claim must be submitted by midnight tonight! One last job for 2018!
Greening 2019
Tuesday 18th December 2018
It's been a very busy month out on farms calculating Ecological Focus Areas (EFA) for 2019, and whether clients will meet their 3 crop rule requirements with their proposed cropping. So with less than…
SUSSS - Ewe Hogg Scheme
Monday 5th November 2018
Just a little reminder to get your claim in by the end of November! 🐑Hoggs must be retained from 1st Dec - 31st March 🐑Upper limit of 1 hogg per 4ha rough grazing 🐑Hoggs must be 80% of their land in Region 3 and
2018 Basic Payment Rate Announced
Saturday 29th September 2018
💶Basic Payment Rate Announced💶 For those of you opting to receive your 2018 Basic Payment in Sterling the exchange rate has been set at €1 = £0.89281. This is a slight decrease of 0.21% from the 2017…