...an Annual Health and Welfare Review with their chosen vet Animal Health and Welfare Grants for investments in equipment, technology and infrastructure disease eradication and control programmes payment by results...
...over £53.5 million. This is triple our initial budget allocation for the fund. We’re pleased we’ve been able to identify funding from within the farming budget to award 4,376 Farming...
...equipment and infrastructure in place to manage the nutrients in their slurry and manure well, others face significant barriers. To date, investment in slurry management hasn’t kept pace with farms...
...in the way of improving their slurry and nutrient management systems. Investing in slurry equipment and infrastructure is expensive. Particularly when it comes to integrating new technologies, techniques and building...
...Since then, we have been working to address the feedback from the farming community on: The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway The Sustainable Farming Incentive The Farming Investment Fund The...
...with us to influence what we do. We do this in a number of ways such as through workshops, research discussions, seminars and farmer-led discussion groups. Get involved in co-design....
...in England. In this post, I’ll share 2 new pieces of information about the fund. The first is a new opportunity for advice providers. The second is a request for...
...to record environmental changes on their land. Through tests and trials, we wanted to understand the role they could play in our future schemes. In the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot,...
...farmers in England who wish to exit the industry the option of applying in 2022 for a lump sum payment. We expect farmers will be able to apply from April...
https://defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/246/2022/02/janet-hughes-and-tim-parton-nitrogen-fixing-bacteria-and-nutrient-dense-food.mp3 In the sixth episode of the Future Farming Podcast, Programme Director Janet Hughes talks to Tim Parton. Tim is Farm Manager at Brewood Park Farm, Staffordshire, where he manages...
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