just going on from another thread and I thought this would be the better place to ask,
is there any grants available or going to become available for no till drills ..
Apparently we fall outside the catchment area for the leader grants which is a ball ache .
It's annoying that they're so hit and miss.
Think it’s due to open for a 2nd round in spring. Last time strip or no till drill qualified for the £9400 grant as long as it was 3m wide, had pre em markers, had a pneumatic hopper and was capable of drilling directly into a cover crop. Who knows what will be in the list this time?Isn’t there a new window opening for the English small business grant soon? Not specifically for no-till drills, but a pneumatic drill qualified last time around.
There is meant to be a new round of the small countryside productivity grant opening soon I believe. I used this year's to help with my Simtech purchase. Originally I planned to by a 3m but in the end bought a 4m which net of the grant cost a little less than a 3m to the same specification without the grant. The level of funding wasn't especially generous but it was incredibly simple to apply for and claim. I'm not quite sure what no-till drill it was thought could be bought for £23k and part of the specification was that it had to have pre-emergence markers which I wouldn't expect to use in a no-till situation.
Don’t have to use the pre em markers though so having them to enable the grant isn’t the end of the world.
Is £24000 their 40% contribution or the total cost of drill?
Sorry if already asked
£24000 is their “standard “ price, so they will pay 40% of that. i.e. £9600 regardless of the actual cost of the drill
Ps hope you’re keeping well!
what even if the drill costs less than £24k
what even if the drill costs less than £24k