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As the title suggest considering going down this route with the cattle. Mega simple system, no breeding stock, one stock class. 12 month old bought in 400kgish animals, groups of 40 grazed from March to November on good free draining ground. Fresh cell every day, grazing herbal lays, no corn...

XL Bully registrations Written by Defra Press Office We have published an updated figure on the number of XL Bullies that have been registered with a government exemption scheme. Over 55,000 dogs have now been registered, with full details of ownership provided to enable authorities to keep...

The SFI pilot: designing the improved offer with farmers Written by Joseph Evans Since 2021, over 800 farmers in England have been testing an early version of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), delivering 10,000 actions on their land. This piece of work, known as the Sustainable...

Coverage of plans to designate 27 new swimming sites Written by Defra Press Office This week, the government announced plans to designate the largest ever number of new bathing water sites to improve water quality across the country. Subject to a two-week consultation, the Environment...

One for combinable crop growers.

Watch: Velcourt 2024 Written by The Team In this post, we share 3 videos from Velcourt 2024 featuring Farming and Countryside Programme Director Janet Hughes. The conference took place in Reading on 21 January. Transition update In this video, Janet gives an overview of the farming offer in...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has today (Monday, February 26) appointed a new lead non-executive director. Elizabeth Buchanan’s term will begin on April 1, 2024, and last for three years. She succeeds Chris Nicholson, who has served...

Welcome to the Environment Agency Q&A event on The Farming Forum. For the next two days, this thread will be open for questions for our team at the Environment Agency to answer farmers questions on agricultural regulations. The Environment Agency are aiming to engage with the community on the...

Media coverage on reforms to waste electricals regulations Written by Defra Press Office Media coverage on reforms to waste electricals regulations There has been coverage over the weekend (Sunday 25 February) on our consultation on reforming the producer responsibility system for...

Perception and perspective are very different things. Generally individuals and old farmers see food security as an existential threat eg if we had a major war (see WW2) and we struggle to have enough food in the UK. Retailers and governments see food security along the lines of “are the supply...

Hunt saboteurs reported Jeremy Clarkson to the police over allegations he filled in badger setts on Diddly Squat Farm - but the TV presenter-turned-farmer has denied doing so, claiming he shot all of the animals instead.

I've filled out the SFI actions and had an agreement but I'm struggling with the CS application . I'm 22 and not currently a member of young farmers, although I am with the NFU. Is there any free help (farm advisory) geared towards young farmers with an extremely limited support network that can...

Just seen in FW that RT plan to press ahead. RT(and so NFU) have now come out with it. So that's the battle lines drawn.. If you want GFC, then stay in nfu If your again it, join BFU Also looks like we need to talk with NSA Anyone with contacts at top of NSA? Updated on 8th March following 2...

Feel like i need to make a decision on what to do with this SFI. What are your plans? There are quite generous payments on offer. I have heard of several local farmers putting everything into SAM3, £360ish/Ha, buying some seed and throwing it around and thinking it's easy money. Even the...

As I finish off hedging for customers I found myself getting really depressed looking at all this cs and sfi sh!t. Once fields I mowed and baled in some fallow weeds. Fields I fert spread the arable on either fallow stubble or bird seed. The whole lot looks unloved. Then onto hedges. Got most...

So to get our heads around how useful this support offered by Rishi yesterday, who plans to take advantage of the FETF capital grants this year ...

Coverage of the Government’s announcements at the NFU conference to support British farmers Written by Defra Press Office There has been widespread coverage of the Prime Minister and Environment Secretary’s announcement on a range of new measures to ensure all farmers and producers are...

Join our webinar for arable and horticultural growers Written by Becky Briggs On Thursday 29 February, we’re holding a webinar for arable and field horticulture growers in England. In the session, we'll cover the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), Countryside Stewardship (CS) and the...

Welcome to Ruminant Health & Welfare Welcome to the first RH&W newsletter of 2024 Our important work continues with our focus now on developing a beef welfare strategy with the working group as well as progressing the welfare goals identified in the dairy and sheep strategies through 2024. As...

Evening All. Its the clueless Blonde again ! Have over 3000 mtrs of Pipe to lay mainly for agricultural use. Has anyone got knowledge of Pipe rippers. You tube makes it look easy ! Any advice gratefully received.