Farming Profitability Review: recommendations published
Farming Profitability Review: recommendations published
The Farming Profitability Review 2025, an independent review led by Baroness Minette Batters, has been published.
Restoring the River Axe: a Landscape Recovery spotlight
In this guest post, vet Alasdair Moffett describes the work of the Upper Axe Landscape Recovery Project team. Their project aims to demonstrate that productive agriculture, the natural environment and a will to counter climate change can co-exist.
Apply for an Improving Farm Productivity grant
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Izzie Wells, Posted on:
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Grants, Payments for equipment, technology and infrastructure
I’m pleased to say that you can now apply for an Improving Farm Productivity grant. In this post, I'll explain some additional changes we've made to the offer, give you a recap of other aspects of the grant and include the links you'll need to get started.
Watch: an SFI special from Oxford
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Conversations we're having, Sustainable Farming Incentive
Earlier this month, we attended both the Oxford Real Farming Conference and the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC). In this post, we share 2 videos. The first video is a session hosted by Jim Egan and Jonathan Baker on environmental land management and the agricultural transition. The second video features farmers John Geldard and Ben Taylor-Davies. …
Spotlight on new actions: agroforestry and improvements to our trees and woodland offer
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Payments to plant trees and manage woodland, Sustainable Farming Incentive
The Agricultural Transition Plan update includes the full range of new and updated Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions and the payment rates available in 2024. In this post, we focus on the new agroforestry actions and include improvements to the Countryside Stewardship (CS) offer for trees and woodlands.
Watch: future-proofing our farming business with SFI
Mother and son team, Tracey and Will, run a dairy and beef farm in Langley Mill, Derbyshire. In this film, they talk through the SFI actions they’ve included in their agreement, including herbal leys in rotational pasture, hedgerows, soils, legume mix with grasses and pest management. They describe how SFI helps them to balance the …
Slurry Infrastructure grant: last chance to apply
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Thomas Proudfoot, Posted on:
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Grants, Payments for equipment, technology and infrastructure
Round 2 of the Slurry Infrastructure grant will close for applications on Wednesday 17 January. We’re supporting many more projects than we did last year, so if you need slurry storage, now is the time to apply for a grant. In this post, I’ll give you a recap of the grant and the information you need to get …
New and improved actions for upland farmers
Last week, we published a post about the Agricultural Transition Plan update. The update includes the full range of Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions — new and updated — with their payment rates. In this post, we will focus on the new actions relevant to those who farm in the uplands, both moorland and non-moorland …
Watch: webinar on the farming offer in 2024
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Becky Briggs, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Farming and Countryside Programme, Sustainable Farming Incentive, Webinars
On Friday 26 January, we held a webinar for farmers. During the session, we went through the actions and payments available through our environmental land management schemes in 2024. This post includes a link to the recording.
Supporting the tenanted sector in England
Tenant farmers are at the heart of the rural economy, managing a third of all farmland in England. To meet our food security and environmental objectives, we must make sure that all farmers, including tenant farmers, can access our schemes and build thriving farm businesses. In this post, we’ll explain how we are continuing to …
Environmental land management in 2024: details of actions and payments
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Jonathan Baker, Posted on:
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Countryside Stewardship, Farming and Countryside Programme, Sustainable Farming Incentive
Today we published an update to the Agricultural Transition Plan on GOV.UK. It includes our progress, priorities and plans for the coming years. In this post, I'll share a summary of the update which includes details of scheme payment rates, premium payments, new actions and plans for a single application service.
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8-9 January at the Oxford Farming Conference and at the Oxford Real Farming Conference.
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