Countryside productivity grants.

[pappuller]

Anyone considering applying, minimum spend £87 grand.

 

[Farmersdaughter]

I will have to re read them, but thought it was £35 grand min spend. Not sure if you can do two projects and add together. We have solar PV and was thinking if it was possible to put batteries in to make better use of electric generated but need to look to see if output would be enough from batteries to run a parlour.

 

[pappuller]

Need to spend 87.5 k to get 35k grant back

 

[buffalo_soldier]

So if I spend nowt I'm £52k better off?

That's my kind of productivity.

 

[Farmersdaughter]

Need to spend 87.5 k to get 35k grant back

Just reread info you are right.

 

[cattow]

LEADER grants are minimum grant of £2500, you can get lighting, animal welfare etc.

 

[pappuller]

These are for technology. Robot's included.

 

[cattow]

Robot's are on the LEADER list also

 

[dogglercowman1]

Can u get milk meters and feed to yield parlour equpment on a leader grant

 

[cattow]

Can u get milk meters and feed to yield parlour equpment on a leader grant

Milk meters are on the no list, as that is what I was after most

 

[Steevo]

I saw the media articles about this yesterday and took a peek at the handbook. I really do wonder how many will actually apply, and how many will benefit long term. It seems very much aimed at MASSIVE scale producers.....I'd suggest it also presents quite a risky move in itself.

 

[pappuller]

I saw the media articles about this yesterday and took a peek at the handbook. I really do wonder how many will actually apply, and how many will benefit long term. It seems very much aimed at MASSIVE scale producers.....I'd suggest it also presents quite a risky move in itself.

But if your considering, expanding(naughty word) by employing another robotic milker it may be an opportunity to employ 2. ?

 

[farmerm]

These are for technology. Robot's included.

I've a thread on this too. It's not just technology it's seems to me to be limited to 4 fairly specific areas. Robotics, LED growing lights, digestate handling and battery storage facilities, nothing for the small to medium producer.

 

[jerseycowsman]

Where do look this up, on the RPA website?

 

[st piran]

Where do look this up, on the RPA website?

. Somebody that's smarter than me should be able to do a link too that handbook. Or google that.

 

[S J H]

I saw the media articles about this yesterday and took a peek at the handbook. I really do wonder how many will actually apply, and how many will benefit long term. It seems very much aimed at MASSIVE scale producers.....I'd suggest it also presents quite a risky move in itself.

It seems like an incredible biased loads of rubbish to me, but that's just my bitter opinion.

 

[deleted user 837354]

I've a thread on this too. It's not just technology it's seems to me to be limited to 4 fairly specific areas. Robotics, LED growing lights, digestate handling and battery storage facilities, nothing for the small to medium producer.

For Godsake...

And then the consumer moans it's all factory farms and 1000 cow units!!

 

[farmerm]

For Godsake...

And then the consumer moans it's all factory farms and 1000 cow units!!

And post Brexit much more agricultural support will be in distributed in this "helpful" format..

 

[pappuller]

For Godsake...

And then the consumer moans it's all factory farms and 1000 cow units!!

One robot 60 cows, seems like an opportunity for the smaller producer ??

 

[Beef farmer]

One robot 60 cows, seems like an opportunity for the smaller producer ??

Some people are so set on finding fault they overlook opportunity