Farming

Bigger, better, more joined-up conservation on farms

Dr Robert Hawkes, 22 October 2021 - A view from the farm, Guest post, Things we're doing, Things we've learned

If you want to encourage more of the right wild plants and insects on a group of farms, what parts of your farm should you target to get the best results? This is the question conservation scientist Dr Robert Hawkes explored with colleagues from the University of East Anglia, the Breckland Farmers Wildlife Network and Defra.

Your questions about the Future Farming Resilience Fund

Andrew Powley, 19 October 2021 - Transition support

Last week I wrote a blog post encouraging farmers and land managers to take advantage of the free business support and advice on offer through the Future Farming Resilience Fund. Some people have been in touch to ask various questions about the fund. I wanted everyone to see the responses, so I thought I’d address them in this blog post.

Update on the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot

Lisa Applin and Tom Lewis, 15 October 2021 - Conversations we're having, environmental land management schemes, Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, Things we're doing, Things we've learned

In July, we opened the applications window for farmers to join our Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot. In this post, Lisa Applin (Rural Payments Agency) and Tom Lewis (Future Farming and Countryside Programme) share the results of the application process, what the team learned and what they will do next.

Farming Innovation Programme: applications open next week

Niall Bradshaw, 12 October 2021 - Payments for research and innovation

Earlier this summer, we said that we would launch the first competitions of the new Industry-led Research and Development Partnerships Fund in October. I'm pleased to say that we’re on track. The £17.5 million Industry-led Research and Development Partnerships Fund is the first of 3 funds to launch in the new Farming Innovation Programme. Applications for a share of this funding will open Wednesday 20 October 2021.

It’s not too late to get free business advice

Andrew Powley, 8 October 2021 - Transition support

One of the things we're doing to support farmers and land managers through the agricultural transition is providing free business support and advice, through a project called the Future Farming Resilience Fund. So far, over 1,200 farming businesses have received support, with scope to help many more. In this post, I’d like to encourage more people to access the free advice that's available.

Introducing the Annual Health and Welfare Review

Jonathan Statham, 5 October 2021 - Payments to improve animal health and welfare

In this guest post, Jonathan Statham introduces the Annual Health and Welfare Review, a fully-funded vet visit which farmers will receive each year of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. Jonathan is a cattle vet and chair-elect for England’s Animal Health and Welfare Board.

Catch up on our Landscape Recovery information sessions

The Team, 30 September 2021 - environmental land management schemes, Payments to restore landscapes and ecosystems

Landscape Recovery is 1 of our 3 new environmental land management schemes. Over the summer, we held some information sessions about the scheme. The sessions were recorded. So, if you weren't able to attend, you can still learn more by watching any of the 3 videos below.

Answering farmers' questions about the Sustainable Farming Incentive - part 2

The Team, 28 September 2021 - Conversations we're having, environmental land management schemes, Q&A

The Farming Forum recently held a Q&A session with Janet Hughes, Defra’s Future Farming and Countryside Programme Director. Farmers were invited to submit their questions about the Sustainable Farming Incentive. Clive Bailye, Director of the Farming Forum, put the most-asked questions to Janet. This is part 2 of 2.

Our test and learn approach

The Team, 14 September 2021 - Future Farming and Countryside Programme

Although we’ve written about what we’re doing and how we’re doing it, we thought it might be useful to provide some rationale for our test and learn approach to designing and rolling out reform.

Things we learned about co-design at this summer's agricultural shows

Abigayle Adamson and Neville Cavendish, 14 September 2021 - Conversations we're having, Things we've learned, Ways to get involved

We recently published a blog post about the things we learned at this summer’s agricultural shows which took place up and down the country. At most of those shows, we ran co-design taster sessions for members of the farming community, so they could get a sense, first-hand, of how they could shape our policies. In this post, we're going to talk about some other things we learned that directly relate to co-design.

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Bigger, better, more joined-up conservation on farms

Your questions about the Future Farming Resilience Fund

Update on the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot

Farming Innovation Programme: applications open next week

It’s not too late to get free business advice

Introducing the Annual Health and Welfare Review

Catch up on our Landscape Recovery information sessions

Answering farmers' questions about the Sustainable Farming Incentive - part 2

Our test and learn approach

Things we learned about co-design at this summer's agricultural shows

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