Capital grants in 2024: an overview
In this post, I'll provide an overview of capital grants for environmental land management, the current offer and recent updates.
An update on SFI and our agri-environment schemes
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The Team, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Sustainable Farming Incentive
It's been a while since our last post. We’re glad to be back! Over the past month, we've been welcoming Defra's new ministerial team, who are fully committed to environmental land management schemes. We've been working with them to optimise our schemes and grants for farmers, food security and nature recovery. In this post, we’ll update you on the SFI rollout, provide links to new supplementary scheme guidance and share details on endorsed actions and capital items.
Protecting hedgerows: share your views
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Leanne Joyce and The Team, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Payments to support hedgerows
Hedgerows store carbon, support crop pollinators, create habitats for animals, slow water flow and create shade and fodder for animals. We want to protect the hedges we have, invest in their maintenance and support further planting. We also want to make sure that hedgerow regulations work for wildlife, the environment and farmers. Today we launched a consultation on hedgerow protections in England and we want your views.
Tree Health Pilot: our improvements and progress
The Tree Health Pilot is a 3-year scheme which tests different ways of slowing the spread of tree pests and diseases as well as building the resilience of trees across England. Using what we’ve learned so far from testing and feedback, we’ve made a number of improvements to better support land managers to deal with tree pests and diseases. In this post, I’d like to share a short summary of pilot and the changes we’ve made to the scheme.
Test and Trials: watch the North Cumbria Farmers Group
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Joe Tilbury and Graham Higgins, Posted on:
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A view from the farm, Things we're doing, Things we've learned, Ways to get involved
We're developing schemes that reward environmental land management. To make sure that those schemes work in practice, farmers and land managers across England are putting elements of those schemes to the test. It's one of the ways though which we're carrying out co-design. In this video, the North Cumbria Farmers Group share what they've been doing to help shape the future of our schemes.
The Sustainable Farming Incentive: what’s new, improved and coming in 2022
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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
Today we published further information on the Sustainable Farming Incentive. You can find it, in full, on GOV.UK. In this post, I’ll share a summary of the things that are new, the things we’ve changed following feedback and what you can expect in 2022.
How farmers in protected landscapes are using their funding
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Kate Corfield, Posted on:
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Payments to support parks, National Landscapes and the Broads
You might remember that the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme opened for applications in July. In August, we shared a video made by some of our Protected Landscape colleagues about the sorts of projects that were eligible for funding. In this post, I’d like to share some examples of the things land managers and farmers are doing with their funding.
Preparing for BPS removal: why you should consider Countryside Stewardship
In this post, I’d like to share what we’ve done to make Countryside Stewardship a more attractive option for more farmers as they plan for the impact of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reductions and subsequent removal.
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On 24 May, we’ll be at the Northumberland County Show near Stocksfield.
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