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Nature market benefits: lessons from the Evenlode project

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 30 March 2026 - Categories: Payments to restore landscapes and ecosystems
Ariel view of the Evenlode project area. Showing the river cutting in an s-shape through green landscape.

In March 2025, we introduced new standards for fair and transparent nature markets. This post explains what they mean in practice for farmers, using the Evenlode Landscape Recovery project as an example.

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The first meeting of the Farming and Food Partnership Board

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 26 March 2026 - Categories: Farming and Countryside Team
A group of eight people stand together in a well‑lit indoor space in front of large floor‑to‑ceiling windows. They are dressed in business or smart‑casual clothing, arranged in two rows with five individuals in the back and three in the front. Behind them, the windows reveal an outdoor view with trees and nearby buildings. The room has dark carpeting and a modern interior with a column visible on the right side of the image. Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds is pictured with Farming Minister Dame Angela Eagle.

The Farming and Food Partnership Board met for the first time yesterday, bringing together leaders from farming, food and retail. 

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FETF 2026: apply now for equipment and technology grants

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 17 March 2026 - Categories: Payments for equipment, technology and infrastructure
Two young lambs, one light‑coloured and one dark‑coloured, lying on straw beneath a red heat lamp inside a barn.

Applications are open for FETF 2026, with £50 million available to help farmers, growers and contractors invest in equipment that improves productivity, animal health and welfare, and slurry management.

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New guidance to support long-term farm business tenancies

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 16 March 2026 - Categories: Tenant Farming Sector

The Farm Tenancy Forum has published new guidance to support landlords and tenants considering long-term Farm Business Tenancies. The guidance helps both parties set clear expectations from the outset and will help build strong, productive landlord-tenant relationships.

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Join our webinar: building farm resilience in the East of England

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 9 March 2026 - Categories: Webinars

On 19 March, we’re hosting a webinar for farmers and land managers across the East of England on how practical changes to farming systems can build farm resilience. In this post, we explain what the webinar will cover and where to find further support.

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NFU26: how we’re building farming resilience

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 24 February 2026 - Categories: Farming and Countryside Team
Secretary of State Emma Reynolds standing at the lectern NFU26

Today at the NFU Conference, Secretary of State Emma Reynolds shared more detail on how government will deliver its vision for agriculture. In this post, we summarise the announcements in her speech and what they mean for the sector.

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Help shape the Farmer Collaboration Fund

Posted by: Alice Brown, Posted on: 17 February 2026 - Categories: Ways to get involved

Through the Farmer Collaboration Fund, government will help farmers and land managers share knowledge more easily, so best practice becomes common practice. We’re inviting people to hear our latest plans and share their views at a series of in-person workshops.

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Using Local Nature Recovery Strategies to guide on-farm decisions

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 26 January 2026 - Categories: Farming across the UK
A peaceful rural landscape featuring a small pond with tall green grasses and blooming yellow iris flowers in the foreground. A wooden footbridge crosses the water, leading to a grassy field with scattered trees and a fence. Rolling hills and a partly cloudy sky are visible in the distance.

Whether you’re looking to improve soil health, manage flood risk, diversify income or plan future environmental activity, your Local Nature Recovery Strategy can help you decide what to do. 

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Mandatory sheep carcase classification and price reporting introduced

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 13 January 2026 - Categories: Supply chain

A mandatory, standardised system for classifying sheep carcases and reporting prices is now in force. This brings sheep into line with beef and pork and will help farmers better understand how their livestock is graded and priced.

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The new SFI offer for 2026

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 8 January 2026 - Categories: Sustainable Farming Incentive
Green farmland with gently sloping fields under a blue sky.

Following the Secretary of State’s speech at the Oxford Farming Conference today, we summarise how we're making the new SFI simpler and more targeted, and what this means for you.

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