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New drought support for farmers

Posted by: The Team, Posted on: 15 August 2026 - Categories: Drought support, environmental land management schemes, Grants
A dry, yellow-brown field with parched grass and bare soil under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Farmers affected by extreme dry weather can now benefit from temporary flexibilities in ELM agreements, £50 million increase in SFI funding, and a new round of the Water Management Grant, set to open in Autumn.

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Apply for a Water Management grant

Posted by: Gordon Jones, Posted on: 19 April 2023 - Categories: Payments for equipment, technology and infrastructure

You can now apply for a Water Management grant. In this post, I'll give a recap of the grant and the links you'll need to get started. I'll also include a video of the webinar we recently held.

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