investment fund

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland Farmers and growers in England can apply for up to £500,000 in government funding from today, January 19, to invest in cutting edge robotics and technology to boost food production. The application window for the new Improving Farm Productivity scheme –...

Hi all I have posted a similar message in the solar thread. Part time "farmer" until this year whilst working as a land agent. Now working within the renewables industry as part of an investment fund called Downing. Involved with developing wind, solar and battery assets which are then...

Morning all and happy new year. Further to the information we published about the Sustainable Farming Incentive in December (see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sustainable-farming-incentive-how-the-scheme-will-work-in-2022), today we're publishing information about the 2 other new...

Suzie Horne22 December 2021 More in Business Grants New round of larger productivity grants opens in mid-January © Auto Spray Systems Details of the next stage of Farming Investment Fund (FIF) grants have been released, offering up to £500,000 for equipment to improve productivity. The...

Written by William Kellett from Agriland Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has launched a new acquisition strategy to buy land to boost climate emergency mitigation efforts. The strategy is underpinned by a Scottish government investment of £30 million into a Low Carbon Investment Fund, and the...

Meet one of our Sustainable Farming Incentive pilot applicants Written by Joseph Evans Farmers like Charlie are joining the pilot to help us make sure the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme works in practice. Charlie is a partner at Kensham Farms in Buckinghamshire and applied to join the...

The Farming Investment Fund: more notice, more information and a new opportunity ahead Written by Gordon Jones Natural England/Paul Glendell Last month, we launched the Farming Investment Fund. It included the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund and the Water Management theme of the...

Future Farming Podcast: the Farming Investment Fund Written by Janet Hughes In the latest episode of the Future Farming podcast, Programme Director Janet Hughes talks to the Policy Lead for the Farming Investment Fund, Sarah Evered. Listen to find out how the team designed the fund, what...

Seems there is a new bit on the forum. So, what schemes are actually open the for full or part funding for farm development?

Morning all Today we'll be publishing some information about how the sustainable farming incentive will work when we start rolling it out from next year in England. I'll post the links here as soon as they're online, and will be here on this thread over the next few days to answer your...

I’m going to be looking at getting a tractor drawn stock box with sheep decks, probably new or good s/h. There was a lot of noise being made about rule changes on headroom a while back but it seems to have gone quiet recently. Have they been scrapped completely or just put on the back burner...

More opportunities to put your questions to us Written by Janet Hughes Here in the Future Farming and Countryside Programme, we’re always looking for ways to connect with farmers, answer questions and hear their concerns. This is really important to us, because it helps us understand how...

Written by John Swire from Farm Business Discounted tickets are now on sale for Dairy-Tech 2022, shaping up to be the largest in the event’s history. More than 80 new products are being launched, and almost 300 exhibitors have stands booked, making it the biggest show yet. Taking place on...

I am looking to very start off my experience with sheep. I'm looking to try and find a local shepherd to impart some knowledge, and once I've gained enough experience start my own small flock, perhaps numbers of 10-20 to start things off. What start up costs would I be looking at? How many...

Written by Charlotte Cunningham from CPM Magazine A fund of £27 million to invest in productivity-boosting equipment is now open to farmers with the launch of the Farming Investment Fund. Farmers, foresters and growers from across England are being urged to apply for grants to buy new equipment...

I've commented previously about how much of what is going on (from a Covid 'pandemic' that isn't really a pandemic to 'zero carbon') in the world is part of an organised plan to bring abbout 'The Great Reset' as proposed by Klaus Schwab in his book of the same name. Obviously I get much derision...

Written by Michelle Martin from Agriland £27 million has today (Tuesday, November 16) been made available for farmers to invest in productivity-boosting equipment, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Rural Payments Agency have announced in an official...

Written by Iain Hoey from Farm Business From today farmers, foresters and growers from across England can apply for grants from the Department of Environment Food & Rural Affairs’ (Defra) £27 million Farming Investment Fund to buy new equipment and infrastructure to help to improve efficiency...

The Farming Investment Fund launches today Written by Gordon Jones I’m pleased to say that the Farming Investment Fund launches today. This £27 million fund provides grants to farmers, growers, and foresters (including related contractors) so that they can invest in the things they need to...

Afternoon all - we've launched the farming investment fund - info here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farming-investment-fund Here's a blogpost explaining what's changed and how we've improved the scheme based on learning from previous schemes...