Get ready to apply for SFI26
Get ready to apply for SFI26
Initial information on the SFI26 scheme is now live on GOV.UK for farmers who may be eligible to apply in Window 1.
Co-design in 2022: reflections, plans and principles
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Neville Cavendish, Aditi Arora and The Co-design Team, Posted on:
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Farming and Countryside Team
More than 4,000 people from across the farming community in England are now working with us to design, pilot, test and trial new farming policies and schemes. In this post, we’ll explain how we’re working with the farming community. We'll also share the 7 co-design principles we’re encouraging groups to follow.
The Future Farming Resilience Fund: an opportunity for advice providers and a call for farmer feedback
One of the ways we’re supporting farmers is through the Future Farming Resilience Fund. Through the fund, independent advisers can provide free business advice to farmers 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 farmers …
Watch Episode 1: 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, Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
In the Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot, we provided farmers with 3 different land management plan templates. In this video, find out how participants Liz and Bryan, used land management planning to prepare their farm business for the future.
An update on the Lump Sum Exit Scheme and delinked payments
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Alastair Walton, Posted on:
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Farmers, Things we're doing, Things we've learned, Ways to get involved
It can be difficult for farmers who wish to retire or leave the industry to do so. A lack of capital can prevent them. We think that our Lump Sum Exit Scheme could help them. Last year, we ran a consultation with farmers and other experts, and the findings supported this view. In this post, …
Future Farming Podcast: Tim Parton on nitrogen-fixing bacteria and nutrient-dense food
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The Team and Janet Hughes, Posted on:
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Conversations we're having, Future Farming Podcast
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 300 hectares using regenerative agriculture methods. Find out how Tim moved to no-till, reduced insecticide and fungicide use and brewed his own nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Landscape Recovery: first round now open for applications
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Sam Burford, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Payments to restore landscapes and ecosystems
The Landscape Recovery scheme is for landowners and managers who want to take a more radical and large-scale approach to producing environmental and climate goods on their land. I’m pleased to say that the application window for the first round of Landscape Recovery pilot projects is now open.
Improving Farming Productivity grant: dairy scoring update
The 2-step application process for the Improving Farm Productivity grant starts with an online eligibility checker. Unfortunately, the online checker was scoring dairy sector applications ‘weak’ or ‘average’. It did not appear possible to score highly. This error was investigated and a glitch in the scoring was identified. It has been fixed. Those who were deterred from applying …
Introducing the UK Agriculture Partnership
The UK's devolved administrations already work closely to ensure their policies are aligned. However, to share scientific ideas, solutions and innovations, Defra set up the UK Agriculture Partnership. It launched today and we'd like to share a little more about it in this post.
Farm visit: Hampden Bottom Farm, Buckinghamshire
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Rob Arden, Posted on:
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A view from the farm, Things we're doing, Things we've learned
Farm visits help us to better understand how farmers work and what’s important to them. In this post, I'd like to share what I learned during my visit to Hampden Bottom Farm in Buckinghamshire.
Improving Farm Productivity grants: open for applications
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Gordon Jones, Posted on:
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Payments for equipment, technology and infrastructure
At the end of last year, we published a manual on the Improving Farm Productivity grant, which is part of the Farming Transformation Fund. Today we opened the window for applications. We’re also hosting a webinar next week for you to find out more.
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New: Nutrient Management Planning Tool
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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
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16 May The Hadleigh Show, Holbecks Park, Hadleigh, Ipswich.
17 May Essex Young Farmers Show, Boyton Hall, Roxwell, Chelmsford.
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