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  1. Defra Farming

    Water Management grants: get ready for round 2

    Water Management grants: get ready for round 2 Written by Gordon Jones Agriculture Investments Limited kindly supplied this photo of their project which used funding from the first round. In a few weeks' time, you will be able to apply for a Water Management grant. To help you prepare...
  2. News

    Two Days Left to Register for Dairy Funding Webinar

    There are just two days left to register for a dairy funding webinar, with experts from Defra and Kite Consulting on hand to unravel the latest raft of funding available. On Tuesday, 30th March, at 11:30am, we'll be joined by three Senior Policy Advisors from Defra and a renowned expert from...
  3. F

    Slurry grant

    Know of a couple that were turned down today. Anybody made it through to the next stage.
  4. Defra Farming

    Grants available in 2023

    Grants available in 2023 Written by The Team Sarah Stewart In 2023, more than £168m of funding will be available through a variety of grants. We’ve shared quite a few blog posts on grants recently. To make it easier for you to see what’s available and plan, we’ll give you a roundup of...
  5. News

    List of Eligible Equipment and Guidance on Farming Equipment and Technology Fund Released

    Dairy farmers in England can now find out exact details on equipment that will be funded under the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund after Defra released the full list of items last week (9 February). The fund, which opens later this month, is part of the Farming Investment Fund and offers...
  6. Agriland RSS

    £168m available in farming grants this year

    Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland More than £168 million will be available to farmers through 16 different grants and competitions around research and innovation this year. The grants will be delivered through the Farming Innovation Programme (FIP) and the Farming Investment Fund...
  7. CPM RSS

    Farming a new future

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Highlighting the significance of small scale and global cooperation to tackle climate change in a sustainable way, the annual Oxford Farming Conference returned as an in-person event for the first time in three years. CPM attended the...
  8. Defra Farming

    New round of Farming Equipment and Technology Fund grants opening soon

    New round of Farming Equipment and Technology Fund grants opening soon Written by Sarah Evered English rural landscape with grazing Holstein Friesian cattle The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund is part of the Farming Investment Fund. It offers grants for specific items of equipment...
  9. Defra Farming

    What the Environmental Improvement Plan means for you

    What the Environmental Improvement Plan means for you Written by Stephen Ayres Credit: Alison Day The Environmental Improvement Plan sets out the actions we must take to help us restore nature, tackle environmental pollution, and increase the prosperity of our country. Published today on...
  10. Agriland RSS

    RPA issued payments totalling over £1bn in 2022

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) paid out around 107,000 eligible claims in 2022 totalling £1 billion, on top of £679 million that was issued for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) advances earlier in the summer of 2022. This total represents 98.4% of...
  11. Agriland RSS

    Why slurry could power the future thanks to AD

    Written by Agriland Team from Agriland What do slurry, anaerobic digestion (AD) and boiling a kettle have in common? In Ireland – not a lot now – but fast forward to the end of the decade and the answer could be… Irish farms. To get there however it could take €1 billion of capital funding...
  12. Agriland RSS

    Environment Agency invests over £5bn in water protection

    Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland The Environment Agency has announced an investment of over £5 billion to be dispersed over five years to protect England’s water and tackle the impacts of pollution and climate change. In plans published yesterday (Thursday, December 22), the...
  13. PSQ

    Cheffins Exning Estate sale, 14th December, price of the Claas combine?

    Couldn't go, website not showing the price. Did anyone see it go under the hammer? Thanks in advance.
  14. Defra Farming

    Slurry Infrastructure grant: guidance now available

    Slurry Infrastructure grant: guidance now available Written by Thomas Proudfoot Alison Day Applications for the new Slurry Infrastructure grant will open on 6 December 2022. To help you prepare, we've made the full grant guidance available on GOV.UK. The grant will help livestock farmers...
  15. Henery

    The NFU should be taking Niel Oliver onboard…. But they won’t …of course

  16. TFF

    Agriculture 4.0 Is Helping Farmers Do More With Less 2022-07-08

    By Rabiya Abbasi ALBERTA, July 1 – With cornstalks swaying on a gentle breeze and cattle in quiet contemplation of the cud, a farm would not seem to be a hotbed of revolution. But make no mistake, agriculture is squarely in the midst of the fourth industrial revolution. Emergent...
  17. TFF

    Soil Regeneration

    Guaranteeing access to sufficient nutrients to the entire global population, which is set to reach 10 billion by 2050, will force a radical rethinking of the current agri-food system. The industrial, linear model of farming has created diversity-free systems that require enormous quantities of...
  18. Janet Hughes Defra

    Sustainable Farming Incentive is open for applications

    Good afternoon all, I wanted to let you know that we've opened the Sustainable Farming Incentive for applications today. You can find a summary of what's available in this initial rollout here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/a-summary-of-the-sfi-in-2022 - we'll be expanding the scheme to cover...
  19. Agriland RSS

    Dorset chalk stream benefits from EA funding

    Written by William Kellett from Agriland The Environment Agency (EA) has funded a successful project to improve water quality and fish habitat in the Devils Brook, an important chalk stream in Dorset. The two-year project, led by the Farming Wildlife Advisory Group Southwest (FWAG), has...
  20. onthehoof

    Family trusts

    Anyone done this - pros/cons Thanks
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