by Georgina Slade | Mar 20, 2024 | News
Agricultural Property Relief (APR), from the 6th of April 2025, has been extended to include all environmental land management schemes across the whole of the UK. Essentially this means that all farmers operating schemes will qualify for APR and in turn be exempt from...
by Georgina Slade | Mar 10, 2024 | News
Following the changes made by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), there is no need to worry about BPS applications for 2024. ‘Delinked’ payments (i.e. no longer linked to land) will be paid automatically providing you made a valid claim...
by Georgina Slade | Mar 8, 2024 | News
The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) is open again and is providing grants for equipment and technology that support improvements in productivity, slurry management and animal health and welfare. Successful applicants could receive grants of:...
by Charles Daniell | Feb 25, 2024 | News
The application window is open for the Improving Farm Productivity grant. This grant offers to pay for capital items to improve farm and horticulture productivity in a couple of categories: robotic and automated equipment and systems to aid crop and livestock...
by Charles Daniell | Dec 13, 2023 | News
We have been working through and setting up out first batch of Sustainable Farming Inventive (SFI) agreements so now have much more of a feel for how they work and how attractive they might be. Our initial findings are cautiously positive. Compared to Countryside...
by Charles Daniell | Dec 1, 2023 | News
The last payments under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) are currently being made and for 2024, payments will be completely ‘delinked’ from the land, meaning that you will not have to declare any land or submit any claim. The RPA have been sending out...