Watch: webinar for upland farmers
On Wednesday 27 March, we’re holding a webinar for upland farmers to learn more about the funding opportunities available in England in 2024. You can register for the webinar in this post.
Watch webinar for livestock and grassland farmers
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Becky Briggs, Posted on:
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Payments to support animal health and welfare, Sustainable Farming Incentive, Webinars
On Thursday 14 March, we’re holding a webinar for livestock and grassland farmers to learn more about the funding opportunities available in England in 2024. A link to register for the webinar is included in this post.
Watch: webinar for arable and horticultural growers
On Thursday 29 February, we held a webinar for arable and field horticulture growers in England. In this post, we share the recording to the webinar.
Webinar follow up: the farming offer in 2024
On Friday 26 January, we held a webinar for farmers to go through the actions and payments available through our environmental land management schemes in 2024. This webinar was held in collaboration with the Farming Advice Service (FAS) and The Farming Forum (TFF). In this post, I’ll summarise the themes and top-voted questions covered in the webinar with responses and links to guidance.
Farming Podcast: making SFI work on our upland beef and sheep farm
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Michael Sturla, Graham Higgins and Kate Ward, Posted on:
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Future Farming Podcast, Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot
In this episode of the Defra Farming podcast, regional engagement lead Michael Sturla talks to Robin and Christopher Milton. The father and son team farm beef and sheep on the Exmoor uplands and have a Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agreement. They describe their experience applying for an agreement, the actions they're undertaking and the benefits.
Watch: webinar for tenant farmers
On Thursday 8 February, we hosted a webinar for tenant farmers. In the session, we gave an overview of the actions and payments available through our environmental land management schemes in 2024. This post includes the recording of the webinar.
The current offer for horticultural growers and farmers
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The Team, Posted on:
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Countryside Stewardship, environmental land management schemes, Sustainable Farming Incentive
The horticulture industry in England is diverse. As such, we and have a range of different offers available for farmers and growers. Whether you grow carrots or strawberries, daffodils or apples there is support you can access to help increase your productivity, improve the environment and innovate. In this post, we’ll summarise the schemes and grants horticultural famers and growers can access now. We'll also include links for you to join 2 upcoming webinars.
Watch: future-proofing our farming business with SFI
Mother and son team, Tracey and Will, run a dairy and beef farm in Langley Mill, Derbyshire. In this film, they talk through the SFI actions they’ve included in their agreement, including herbal leys in rotational pasture, hedgerows, soils, legume mix with grasses and pest management. They describe how SFI helps them to balance the books, take care of the environment and build the resilience of their farm business.
Watch: webinar on the farming offer in 2024
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Becky Briggs, Posted on:
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environmental land management schemes, Farming and Countryside Programme, Sustainable Farming Incentive, Webinars
On Friday 26 January, we held a webinar for farmers. During the session, we went through the actions and payments available through our environmental land management schemes in 2024. This post includes a link to the recording.
Environmental land management in 2024: details of actions and payments
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Jonathan Baker, Posted on:
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Countryside Stewardship, Farming and Countryside Programme, Sustainable Farming Incentive
Today we published an update to the Agricultural Transition Plan on GOV.UK. It includes our progress, priorities and plans for the coming years. In this post, I'll share a summary of the update which includes details of scheme payment rates, premium payments, new actions and plans for a single application service.
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Talk to us
On 1 November, you can come and put your questions to us at Borderway Agri Expo in Carlisle.
Find us at these shows and conferences in 2024.
