sustainable farming incentive

Download PDF What does a sustainable farming future look like? CPM discovers how privately funded natural capital marketplaces could be integral to supporting both sustainable and profitable farming businesses, making them more viable for a changing future. By Melanie Jenkins Private funding...

The Sustainable Farming Incentive offer in 2023: guidance update Written by The Team Alison Day We've made some minor changes to the SFI Handbook for the 2023 offer and provided voluntary guidance on how you could do the SFI actions in response to feedback from farmers. In this post...

Finally managed to cut our new red clover rye grass ley today. Just wondering if anyone has any tips on making a good job of it. It’s going to be put into round bales. Is there any difference to straight grass silage. TIA.

Hi everyone, I have been lucky enough to purchase a small house with just over 40 acres of land. I have zero experience in farming and at 52, probably a bit to old to start. The land is all overgrown pastures split into between 2 and 6 acre plots. I was wondering if I should approach one of...

Watching Harrys Farm this evening he mentioned a deadline for aplplication for SFI, as it is getting closer (he said August 18th) I thought that I ought to have a look. It says apply from your normal RPA portal, off I go to that, press the SFI button, nothing there. Is this just me?

Hi All! I'm a student at Bangor University working on my Master's Degree in Conservation and Land Management. I've made a survey to measure how grassland farmers feel about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), and how it may affect you and your farm. The questionnaire should only take...

Last week, AHDB’s senior knowledge exchange manager for dairy, Stephen West, spoke to Peak District farmer Robert Thornhill and Catchment Sensitive Farming’s Ben Rodgers about the challenges and benefits of growing herbal leys. There are some clear incentives for implementing herbal leys in...

The UK Government published their latest climate adaptation plan on 17 July 2023. The Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) sets out the actions that Government will take over the next five years to build resilience to the impacts of climate change across UK industries and communities...

Written by Colm Ryan from Agriland National Farmers Union (NFU) livestock board chair Richard Findlay has today ( Tuesday, July 26) voiced his “concern” over recent price trends in the UK beef market. Findlay has commented on the prices that farmers have received for their produce recently...

What we have achieved at agricultural shows this summer Written by defrablogs Agricultural shows are the highlight of farming calendars across the country. Since May, Defra ministers have travelled to 16 different shows in every nation and region of the UK , speaking to farmers and land...

CLA Land Use Policy Adviser Matthew Doran dives deeper into the value of lowland peat for landowners and our environment 88% of all the greenhouse gas emissions from peat in the UK comes from lowland peat. Whilst we often hear about the importance of protecting upland peat, lowland peat –...

Reducing risk and building resilience are two of the strategies being deployed by farmer Andrew Pitts to respond to the environmental and geopolitical challenges that the last five years have presented the agricultural industry. Andrew will be part of the Farmer Panel at Agri-TechE’s 2023 REAP...

The latest assessment of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions in the UK finds that emission reductions have plateaued across sectors and total GHG emissions have increased (by 1%) from 2021. The report, published by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) 28 June 2023, also found that progress...

The Environmental Improvement Plan: 40 Achievements Driving Sustainable Progress Written by defrablogs In 2018 the government published the 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP) which set out goals for improving the environment, within a generation, and leaving it in a better state than we found...

@Jackov Altraids I hope you don’t mind me quoting you here to start this thread but your reply above in the vertical farming thread struck me as absolutely spot on at describing what’s presently wrong with policy and what the government should be doing about it. The right policy would for...

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Countryside Stewardship: Higher Tier agreements to start in 2024 Written by John Place Alison Day The window for applications for Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier closed on 28 April 2023. Mid Tier and Wildlife Offer agreements are still open for applications until 18 August 2023. A...

The government has issued its long-awaited update to the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), which clarifies and, in some cases, expands on the funding available for farmers and growers The latest manifestation, unveiled earlier last week by Mark Spencer MP, Minister for Food Farming and...

With applications for the latest Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) opening in August I’ve been involved in AHDB’s analysis around soils payment in the updated programme. One of the key points from our analysis of last year’s scheme was that more money was needed for participating farmers to...

New regulations set to promote fairness and transparency across the dairy sector Written by Defra Press Office Dairy farmer milking parlour Yesterday (11th July), Defra Farming Minister, Mark Spencer, outlined more detail on regulations set to come into force later this year which will...