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Advice for navigating changes in farm support >More in © Tim Scrivener The phase-out of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is set to have a huge impact on farm incomes across England. After the first cuts this year, farm businesses face the loss of at least half their annual basic payment by 2024 – with the whole lot gone by 2028. Incomes will be down by as much as £230/ha, say farm business consultants. BPS funding currently represents ...

Regenerative farming data show variable costs cut by 18% >More in © Tim Scrivener Latest results from the Groundswell benchmarking group show that everything is lower in a regenerative agriculture system, except for the all-important net margin. Variable costs are 18% lower, while labour and machinery costs are down by 32%, reports Gary Markham of Land Family Business, who runs the Groundswell Benchmarking Group. However, so too are yie...

CFAs need new approach in light of BPS phase-out >More in © Tim Scrivener Contract farming agreements (CFAs) need to change to account for the impact of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) cuts and the move to Environmental Land Management (ELM), says Gary Markham of accountant LFB. Many contractors in these agreements have lost money on them in recent years because of high initial tenders and the challenges of the past few seasons. “People ne...

Holbeach man is calling for Lincolnshire health bosses to share vaccination plans for housebound patients  | Updated: 08:53, 03 March 2021 The family of a pensioner with motor neurone disease is asking Lincolnshire health bosses to share their plans for when housebound patients will receive against coronavirus. Gary Markham has contacted Holbeach Medical Centre numerous times to find out when his 70-year-old mother Jackie will be receiving the vaccination but has not received a response so fa...

Shares1 Almost 1,500 lawsuits have been filed by policyholders against insurers, seeking to resolve disputes around insurance coverage for COVID-19-related business losses. For those unfamiliar with insurance litigation trends, it’s important to put the scale of this into perspective. The average hurricane will result in about 50 to 100 cases being filed in the first year; from April till August 2020 we saw the same quantity of cases being filed each week for COVID-19-related losses. So far,...

for america: hi, everybody, great to see you im jenna lee. jon: good to see you, im jon scott. "happening now," frightening new developments in the mail bomb terror plot. we are learning how close one package came to exphroegd on board a cargo jet. jenna: the gop is flexing its muscles after the big midterm sweep at least in the house. what republicans plan for healthcare. could they actually repeal the law. jon: youtube takes action against this man, anwar al-awlaki. jenna: nancy pelo...