Savills Research: Future-proofing rural business
Over the past few years, events have created unexpected opportunities for rural tourism and leisure enterprises. As a result, there are...
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Doug Hobbs
- Nov 15
- 1 min
Defra webinar Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for arable farmers and horticultural farmers
On Monday 4 December 11:00 - 12:00, Defra are holding a webinar for arable farmers and horticultural farmers in England to learn more...
Doug Hobbs
- Nov 9
- 1 min
Savills Research: Spotlight on Rural Tourism and Leisure
According to Defra, even farms with an average income would have to cut costs by 10% just to break even without subsidy support. As...
Sarah Nyczaj-Kyle
- Nov 1
- 2 min
Mental Wellbeing Support Organisations
Whether you are a farmer or farming family member in need of support, or an advisor working with farmers who may need help, there are...
Phil Humphrey
- Oct 25
- 1 min
Poor weather assistance guidance
If your land has been affected by the recent flooding from Storm Babet, there may be a need to let the RPA know, but don’t worry, cases...
Doug Hobbs
- Oct 20
- 1 min
Organic Forum Webinar 13th October - follow up
A link to the recording of the Organic Forum Webinar jointly hosted by Christopher Stopes, Co-chair of the English Organic Forum and...
Sarah Nyczaj-Kyle
- Oct 13
- 3 min
What’s your Biggest Stress?
Get Involved to Help Us Understand. What is the most important asset on a farm? If I were to ask any farmer this question, I wonder what...
Doug Hobbs
- Oct 12
- 1 min
Slurry Infrastructure grant: guidance now available for round 2
Defra are getting ready to open round two of Slurry Infrastructure grants in November. More details are availble on the Defra farming blog.
Doug Hobbs
- Oct 5
- 1 min
Defra SFI webinar for organic farmers
On 13 October, Defra and the English Organic Forum are holding a webinar on SFI for organic farmers and growers. An hour long webinar has...
Phil Humphrey
- Sep 29
- 5 min
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)
Thinking of options? Put off by a 156-page handbook? Want to wait until 2024? This article is aimed at being as simple, but informative...
Sarah Nyczaj-Kyle
- Sep 28
- 4 min
Women in Farming: Recognising Our Contribution
I expected I would find writing about the well-being of women in farming to be simple. After all, I am a woman and I’ve been involved on...
Doug Hobbs
- Sep 21
- 1 min
Defra farming podcast: Learning more about SFI in 2023 with the NFU
A new post, “Farming podcast: Learning more about SFI in 2023 with the NFU” has just been published on the Defra website. In this episode...
Elizabeth Stockdale
- Sep 20
- 6 min
Maintaining healthy soil for growing grass and forage crops
As we move firmly into autumn, and with an eye to the winter storms ahead, now is the right time to set aside some time to review soil...
Greg Crawford
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Update for farmers with SFI 2022 agreements
Even if you have already entered into an 2022 agreement you will still need to express interest into the 2023 standard’s if you are...
Greg Crawford
- Sep 14
- 1 min
Defra announces accelerated payment for SFI agreements in place by the end of 2023
On Wednesday 14 September Defra confirmed that they are on track to start inviting those who have submitted an SFI expression of interest...
Doug Hobbs
- Sep 7
- 1 min
Apply now for a calf housing grant
Animal Health and Welfare Infrastructure grants are availble to help you receive co-funding for large infrastructure projects that help...
Doug Hobbs
- Sep 7
- 1 min
Watch: Funding for farmers webinar
On Wednesday 6 September, we held a webinar for farmers to learn more about the funding available in England. Policy leads working on the...
Greg Crawford
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Register interest in the Sustainable Farming Incentive
Defra has recently announced that Farmers will be able to sign up for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) from the 18th of September....
Doug Hobbs
- Aug 22
- 1 min
Defra - Webinar 'Funding for Farmers' Sep 6th 11:30-12:30
The Defra Farming & Countryside Programme team is holding a webinar for farmers to find out about the payments available in England....
Greg Crawford
- Aug 16
- 14 min
SFI standards - interaction with other schemes
In this post we will outline how the new 2023 SFI standards interact with other schemes to identify which SFI’s can be entered onto land...
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