...a ‘standard’. These standards will help farmers to create greener landscapes, improve biodiversity and tackle climate change. More information on the standards and payment rates will be published very soon....
...SFI element will actually work across the range of settings, but then in local nature recovery one of the important elements of that is about setting local priorities and then...
...diversity of production systems and landscapes. We’ve really valued listening to farming experiences from the remote heights of Coquetdale in Northumberland to the orchards of Kent, and from the productive...
...trials to come up with proposals that we can start piloting later this year. Landscape Recovery This will focus on landscape and ecosystem recovery through projects which create large-scale forest...
...For example, this could be supporting the recovery of farmland bird populations or pollinators through greater use of nature friendly farming practices. The scheme aims to build a new relationship...
From 6 April 2026, full inheritance tax relief will apply to the first £2.5 million of qualifying agricultural and business assets, with lower relief applying to any value above this. Learn more
28 January register to attend Defra’s Farming Roadmap 2050 event at Sparsholt College, Hampshire.
4 February YAMS (Yorkshire Agricultural Machinery Show) at York Auction Centre, York.
4 February Dairy Tech at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.
The Farming Advice Service (FAS) provides free, confidential advice to farmers and advisers.
Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) helps farmers in England protect water, air and soil. CSF advisers can provide advice on best practices and specific actions that will benefit your farm business and the environment.
We’ve compiled a list of organisations offering wellbeing support to those in the farming community.
