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      Lothian reacted to ajd132's post in the thread Farm Subsidies......expand or GET OUT??? with Like Like.
      Beware the marginal gain, it doesn’t really work in farming but is often chased. I did this basic thing for returns to try and counter...
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      Lothian reacted to teslacoils's post in the thread Wheat pre em with Like Like.
      I'm sure we tried an adjuvant for preems a few years back and concluded better just spend more on preems.
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      Lothian reacted to Devil's advocate's post in the thread Bps/sfi with Like Like.
      Hill land used to be very cheap, subs made it very expensive, yes a problem. Exactly how I see it. Plus in my case if I do stewardship...
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
      I don't think there are any restrictions on fertiliser by the looks of it. Sprays potentially could be an issue as if you spray it all...
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
      I don't think there are any real restrictions on the stocking rates of the herbal leys in SFI from what I can see and from the ones we...
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
      Don't think there are any real restrictions on the grazing as far as I can see. So in theory the land can be kept productive while...
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
      Having had a full look at the standards I think there is actually a bit of mileage in SFI for a mixed lowland farm. Herbal leys payment...
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      Lothian reacted to Jackov Altraids's post in the thread Bps/sfi with Like Like.
      Well yes and no. I think you have tried to paint supply and demand as being simple when it is actually rather complex. Food wasn't...
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
      The definition does seem quite vague though. If you chuck 100kg N at it or some MCPA it seems to magically become 'improved'.
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
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      Lothian reacted to B'o'B's post in the thread Bps/sfi with Like Like.
      NUM2: Legumes on improved grassland What you’ll be paid You’ll receive £102 per hectare per year. This action’s aim This action’s aim...
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
      £382 per ha for herbal leys which you may be able to access on in bye land. Alternatively there's £100/ha payment for having legumes in...
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
      Fair point on SSSIs but in theory there may be Countryside Stewardship to mitigate that. If you read the guidance there is substantial...
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      Lothian reacted to Gedd's post in the thread Bps/sfi with Like Like.
      Nothing at all
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      Lothian replied to the thread Bps/sfi.
      Any reason why most livestock farms can't just ram the whole lot into herbal leys? Obviously expensive to get it established but once...
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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes will be joined by policy leads working on SFI, and colleagues from the Rural Payment Agency and Catchment Sensitive Farming.

This webinar will be...
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