On Friday 26 January, we held a webinar for farmers. During the session, we gave an overview of the actions and payments available through our environmental land management schemes in 2024.
This webinar was held in collaboration with the Farming Advice Service (FAS) and The Farming Forum (TFF).
In addition to the recording, FAS have shared a podcast of the webinar.
Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes was joined by the policy lead working on the Sustainable Farming Incentive, Jonathan Marsden.
Colleagues from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) were on hand to help answer questions.
If you found the webinar helpful or have suggestions for future webinars, please leave a comment below.
29 comments
Comment by Elizabeth Ranelagh posted on
Is the webinar on Thursday 25th or Friday 26th? (All references are to Thursday 26th January.)
Comment by beckybriggs posted on
Hi Elizabeth,
Good spot, sorry about that - I've amended the post - it should be Friday 26 January. FAS will update the wording on the registration link shortly.
Thanks,
Becky
Comment by Jane Harrison posted on
Hi
There are errors on the registration form that make it impossible to complete correctly.
If you put Adviser in as a job title the next box asks " If you selected "other," please specify. The box is red.
There is a similar issue further down - How did you hear about this webinar? Defra farming blog and you get If "other," please specify in another red box.
Thanks.
Comment by beckybriggs posted on
Hi Jane,
Thank you so much for flagging this. The errors on the registration link are resolved now, we look forward to seeing you at the webinar.
Thanks
Becky
Comment by Graham Farrar posted on
This Programme commits a large allocation of Public Money. Should applications be backed up by independent verification, e.g. is the parcel of grassland really Species Rich, and what level of auditing will be introduced to justify this spend in the future, and with what consequences if fraudulent claims have been made?
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Graham,
The SFI handbook sets out the evidence we require for each action. It also includes the methods used to check that agreement holders are complying with their agreements.
If there's an issue, we want to work with agreement holders and support them to put things right so they can carry out their actions successfully.
The SFI handbook (page 129 onward), goes into more detail:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a114e53308d200131fbee7/SFI23_handbook__1_.pdf
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Ted posted on
This link does not appear to work - please could you post an update?
Comment by Sarah Stewart posted on
Hi Ted,
Sorry you're having difficulties accessing the webinar. I've just checked the links in the post - they appear to be working. You can watch the webinar on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkg0F9kqsR4
Best wishes,
Sarah
Comment by Lucy posted on
Hi will this be recorded please?
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Lucy,
Yes it will. We'll include a link to the recording in this post after the session.
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Janet posted on
Please can we have a link to the recording, unfortunately I was unable to make it.
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Janet,
Apologies for the delay - FAS has just this minute uploaded it on their site!
https://www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/webinars/fas-webinar-farming-offer-2024-0
We'll share it on the blog too.
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Chris posted on
Where can I find the link to the recording? Thank you
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Chris,
Apologies for the delay - FAS has just uploaded it:
https://www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/webinars/fas-webinar-farming-offer-2024-0
We'll share it on the blog too.
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by A Campbell posted on
When will the recording of this webinar be made available?
Comment by The Team posted on
Hello there,
Apologies for the delay - FAS has just uploaded it on their site:
https://www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/webinars/fas-webinar-farming-offer-2024-0
We'll share it on the blog too in a follow-up post.
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Wayne Sedgwick posted on
Hi,
please could i request the link to the webinar
many thanks
Wayne
Comment by The Team posted on
Hello,
Here's the link: https://www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/webinars/fas-webinar-farming-offer-2024-0
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Laura Higham posted on
Hello! When will the recording be posted please? Thanks!
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Laura,
https://www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/webinars/fas-webinar-farming-offer-2024-0
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Laura Higham posted on
Thank you 🙂
Comment by Jonathan Powell posted on
Can you let us know when the recording will be ready to view, thanks Jonathan
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Jonathan,
Here's the link: https://www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/webinars/fas-webinar-farming-offer-2024-0
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Kevin Kendall posted on
Sorry but I can't find the link to the recorded webinar. Could you help please?
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Kevin,
No problem, here's the link: https://www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/webinars/fas-webinar-farming-offer-2024-0
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Tom posted on
Hi - have you uploaded the recording?
Comment by The Team posted on
Hi Tom,
Here's the link:
https://www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/webinars/fas-webinar-farming-offer-2024-0
Best wishes,
The Team
Comment by Steve Whitbread posted on
Watching this in September.
A great amount of information, really well presented and it was not only refreshing to see the recognition of the issues in relation to encouraging uptake as a result of past difficulties but the aspirations and approach which can only help to foster trust and certainty, and provided needed flexibility.
Congratulations!
Comment by Sarah Stewart posted on
Hi Steve,
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment. We try to be as open and clear as possible in our engagement and as flexible as we can be in our approach to policy design. It's great to hear it's appreciated.
We're holding another webinar to go through the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer in more detail on Thursday 26 September. The details are here:
https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2024/08/27/webinar-expanded-sustainable-farming-incentive-offer-2024/
Best wishes,
Sarah