Bringing BPS payments forward
We're bringing BPS payments forward. Farmers with eligible applications will receive half of their payment from the end of July, and the rest from December.
Tree Health pilot: what we’ve learned so far and how you can help
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Joe Harrison, Posted on:
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Payments to improve tree health, Ways to get involved
The Tree Health Pilot has been live for 8 months. In this post, we share what we've learned so far and include an invitation to owners of sweet chestnut trees and oak trees.
Tenant Farmers: share your views
The Tenancy Working Group exists to ensure that new environmental land management schemes work for tenant farmers. The group is very keen to hear directly from tenant farmers and it has developed a survey to gather views.
The UK Agriculture Partnership: reflections on the first meeting
Even though agricultural policy in the UK is devolved, each country in the union can benefit by working together. The UK Agriculture Partnership is a forum which meets to share technical information on common challenges. The subject of our first meeting was water quality. Our aim was to understand the nature and scale of the challenges, and how we could address them together. In this post, we share some insights from our first meeting and a link to a video of the event.
Video Diary: Farmer Jess Brooks on the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
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The Team, Posted on:
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A view from the farm, environmental land management schemes, Farmers, Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, Things we've learned
The Brooks Family joined the pilot to help us improve the Sustainable Farming Incentive. For over a century, the family has worked on South Thorness Farm, which is found on the north-west coast of the Isle of Wight, within the Hamstead Heritage Coast Area Of Natural Beauty. Listen to how sisters Jess and Sarah, along with their parents Adrian and Joyce, run through the management of their farm and their decision to join the pilot.
Grazing, agri-environment schemes and environmental outcomes in the uplands
Grazing is an important part of our farming industry and, for many, management of livestock is more than an occupation: it is a way of life. In this guest post, Rob Cooke, Director of the Greener Farming and Fisheries Programme in Natural England explains the relationship between grazing and environmental outcomes.
Landscape Recovery: your questions answered
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Sophia Parkinson and Sam Burford, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Payments to restore landscapes and ecosystems
In February, we launched the first round of the Landscape Recovery pilot. Landscape Recovery is 1 of our 3 environmental land management schemes. To support potential bidders, we hosted a webinar to share information on the application process and answer questions from those thinking of applying. As you can imagine, we received a lot of questions on the day. In this post, we summarise some of the most-asked questions and our replies.
Watch episode 3: Land management plans and the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
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Graham Higgins, Posted on:
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A view from the farm, environmental land management schemes, Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
Through tests and trials, we want to understand the role that land management plans could play in our future schemes. In the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, we provided farmers with 3 different land management plan templates. Each template was developed through tests and trials. One of these templates was developed by the Growing the Goods test and trial group. Watch the final video to see farmers and growers who took part in the Growing the Goods Test & Trial. They share their experience of developing a land management plan.
Farming Innovation Programme: 2 new competitions launched
From today, Wednesday 30 March, you can apply for a share of £20.5 million funding in 2 new competitions in the Farming Innovation Programme in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Sustainable Farming Incentive: standards, payment rates, and how to prepare
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Tom Lewis, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Payments to better understand moorland, Payments to improve soil health, Sustainable Farming Incentive
We plan to launch the Sustainable Farming Incentive in June. Today we can share the final standards and payment rates, our approach to the applications process and how to prepare, In this post, I’ll provide an overview and share links to further information on GOV.UK. I’ll also explain how farmers have directly shaped the scheme through the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, tests and trials, engagement sessions, co-design activity and discussions.
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