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.
Sustainable Farming Incentive: more farmers can apply without being invited
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The Team, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Things we're doing
From 1 September, if you have land in a Countryside Stewardship or Environmental Stewardship agreement, but not on common land, you can now apply online directly by signing into the Rural Payments service.
Watch: The North Cumbria Farmers Group test and trial
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Graham Higgins, Posted on:
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A view from the farm, Conversations we're having, environmental land management schemes
Farmers in North Cumbria's Forgotten Lands are working with Natural England and Defra to help shape future environmental land management schemes. In this third video in a series of 3 about the North Cumbria Farmers Group Test and Trial, uplands livestock farmer and local history expert Barbara Smith explains how the group have been mapping …
Apply for share of £16.5 million innovation funding
From the end of this month, £16.5 million will be available through 2 new research and development competitions. There is no set theme for these competitions as we don’t want to create barriers to innovation. However, all projects must focus on improving the productivity, environmental sustainability and resilience of England’s agricultural, horticultural and forestry sectors. In …
Future Farming Podcast: Tenants, landlords and our new environmental schemes
In episode 9 of the Future Farming podcast, Defra's farming strategy lead, Briony Turner, talks to land use adviser Harry Greenfield of the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and farm adviser Lynette Steel, of the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) about new environmental schemes.
Environmental Stewardship: an update
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The Team, Posted on:
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Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship, Payments to make space for nature
We recently wrote to everyone with Environmental Stewardship agreements to outline some changes that we plan to introduce in 2023. Rather than offering agreement holders an extension of a single year, we're offering extensions of 5 years. This change, shaped by feedback, gives greater certainty and clarity to people in existing agri-environment agreements. It also …
Environmental land management: a forward look
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Ellen Brown, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Payments to make space for nature, Sustainable Farming Incentive
Through our new environmental land management schemes, we will pay farmers and land managers to enhance the natural environment alongside food production. In this post, I'll share more information about how we expect Local Nature Recovery to work.
Tree planting and food production: a joined-up approach
The England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) is one of a number of ongoing payments that can support farmers to manage their land in an environmentally sustainable way while continuing to produce food. In this post, I'll share more.
Common land test and trial: findings from the field
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Professor Julia Aglionby, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Guest post, Sustainable Farming Incentive
Over the past 2 years, the Foundation for Common Land, in collaboration with the Federation of Cumbria Commoners, delivered a tests and trials project to look at commons. In this guest post, Professor Julia Aglionby shares their work which explored how environmental land management schemes should be developed to support commons.
Future Farming Podcast: everything you need to know about the Sustainable Farming Incentive
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The Team and Jonathan Marsden, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Future Farming Podcast, Sustainable Farming Incentive
In the latest episode of the Future Farming Podcast, Cambridgeshire farmer Martin Lines and Sustainable Farming Incentive lead Jonathan Marsden talk all things Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and environmental land management.
Farm animal health and welfare: help us test the yearly review
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Paul Adesanya and David Holley, Posted on:
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Payments to improve animal health and welfare, Ways to get involved
The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway supports improvements in farm animal health and welfare. The first step of the pathway is the Annual Health and Welfare Review. Starting this autumn, farmers who keep cattle, sheep and pigs can get funding to pay for a vet or vet-led team to visit their farm and carry out a …
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