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So we’ve put in for a grant under the FETF scheme and now the RPA are wanting to know how we intend to fund it before they decide if there going to pay there bit or not! Now bear in mind this is for something where not only hasnt the grant been approved yet but the supplier has been told that...

Animal Health and Welfare grants now available Written by Laurren March Credit: Christopher Dart You can now apply for an Animal Health and Welfare grant through the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) 2024. Last month, I blogged about the FETF and improvements we've made to it...

I have 6 acres of land that has been grass for about 25 years. It never cropped very well so it been down as grass, which the neighbour grazes sheep on. I was thinking of getting it into SFI. So my plan was to take it from grass to a cereal crop for a year and then enter it into SFI. Is anyone...

I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving. I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous. Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...

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Does anyone know how the RPA/Natural England calculate the size of muck store you can get a grant for? I was told that it was based on the average number of cattle on the holding but can’t seem to find the actual calculation.

We have to put some cross drains in a RP4 stone track across 2 fields which has a slope in it. Has anyone used ready made concrete drainage channels with a grid on that they can recommend for this purpose.

Simple question how do you go about it and what documentation do you put in place thanks?

Has anyone received the payment due for the forced ending of the 22 scheme? Filed declaration's in iirc ages ago now, new scheme started 1st March

From application to agreement: making the process to join SFI simple Written by The Team When you apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), we want your experience to be smooth and we want to offer you as much flexibility as possible. In this post, we’ll set out what you can do...

https://newsroom.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/news/substantial-fines-for-farmers-who-knowingly-kept-cattle-with-bovine-tb-reactors-on-farm Read the article. It brings the dairy industry into disrepute and in my opinion they should have substantial jail time as well as confiscation of assets on top of...

10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .

Anyone applied? does the neighbour have to have cattle as well?

Has any one withdrawn from a SFI agreement if so how difficult was it ? I am having second thoughts about it to difficult to comply with the rules.

Webinar follow up: the offer for arable and horticulture growers Written by Becky Briggs On Thursday 29 February, we held a webinar for arable and field horticulture growers in England. In the session, we covered the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), Countryside Stewardship (CS), the...

Farming Equipment and Technology Fund: improving productivity and slurry management grants available Written by Laurren March Credit: Steve Knight I am pleased to say you can now apply for a productivity and slurry management grant through the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF)...

How publicly-funded anti-pollution projects are creating expensive environmental disasters. UU and NE plant trees to stop soil eroding into reservoirs. Trees mostly die. Plastic tree guards degrade and microplastics wash into the reservoirs. Tree guards, wire, cable ties and posts still litter...

Anyone successfully applied for SFI where there is an SSSI on the land? We have had an email asking for a notice and consent for planned activity even though we are not applying on the SSSI itself. It’s a wood in the middle of the farm and no options available. The helpful NE answer the phone...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland English hedgerows will be protected in law as the government sets out its plans for domestic hedgerow regulations including the protection of farmland wildlife. The regulations were backed by over 95% of consultation responses. The regulations...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hedgerow-regulations-to-be-brought-into-law-to-protect-wildlife Cross compliance ended 31st December. Good job it's been a wet winter. 🤬 So it appears we lose income on let's say half a metre (bit more probably) on the perimeter of every field to stay legal...