On Wednesday 6 September, we held a webinar for farmers to learn more about the funding available in England.
Policy leads working on the Sustainable Farming Incentive, the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund and the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway explained the offer and answer your questions.
As this is the first time we tried this format out, we’d appreciate your feedback. It would be particularly helpful to know how useful you found the webinar, if you’d like us to plan more, their frequency and your thoughts on how they could be improved.
You can leave your thoughts in the comments section below.
We'll review all the feedback and blog again with an update on future plans.
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Comment by Denise Seely posted on
Good idea. It would be very helpful if you could enter the time date and subject in the email header. I will book through eventbrite and no doubt will receive confirmation with a header of 'thank you for your booking'
I forward the email to myself with a well described header, otherwise I would not be able to located the joining instructions.
Thank you
Comment by Sarah Stewart posted on
Hi Denise,
I've asked the engagement team organising the webinar to look into this. If you've already signed up and received the confirmation email from Eventbrite and a change is made to the header, another confirmation won't be sent out so you won't see the change in your inbox - but we'll make sure this is addressed for future events.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Best wishes,
Sarah
Comment by Simon Richard Clark posted on
Questions
Hi
Can we leave questions here or do we have to attend the webinar to ask them.
My question is regarding the SFI, if I put my whole farm into SFI am I still classified as a farmer with regard to inheritance tax and Agricultural relief on land.
The revenue's position was always that you had to be an active farmer, ie whose enterprise was subject to risk.
Comment by Sarah Stewart posted on
Hello Simon,
You're very welcome to ask questions here. This page in HMRC's Inheritance Tax Manual covers Agricultural Property Relief and agri-environment schemes: https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/inheritance-tax-manual/ihtm25252 and this page on GOV.UK covers agricultural relief on inheritance tax https://www.gov.uk/guidance/agricultural-relief-on-inheritance-tax. Take a look at these guidance pages and if you need further help, just let me know.
Best wishes,
Sarah
Comment by Samantha Jones posted on
Are the questions we asked at the webinar going to be answered? Just read the calf housing grant its only 40% of a shed over £34k so it’s still out of reach for many small farmers in the current climate,
It feels like you are pushing small producers out.
Could it’s not be 40% of a smaller shed.
It also doesn’t say if the grant includes all fixtures and fitting?
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Samantha,
The grant was co-designed with farmers and industry representatives. The grant specifications (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/calf-housing-for-health-and-welfare-2023/calf-housing-for-health-and-welfare-grant-specifications#eligible-costs) set out the eligible costs including fixtures and fittings.
The minimum grant amount of £15,000 was set considering value for public money and affordability for farmers.
Funding for smaller equipment and technology items that support improvements in cattle health and welfare (as well as in productivity and slurry management) were also made available this year through The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund.
Payments for farmers, growers and land managers on GOV.UK sets out the offer in England: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/funding-for-farmers
We hope this helps,
The Team
Comment by Tony William Powell posted on
As an interested industry outsider, could this webinar be uploaded to YouTube for later viewing?
Best wishes
Tony Powell
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Tony,
Farmers can watch the video back (and download it) using the link above.
Best wishes,
The Team