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...
by Charles Daniell | Nov 30, 2023 | News
Farmers in England can apply for grants of £25,000 to £250,000 to replace, expand, build extra and cover slurry stores, and fund equipment such as separators, reception pits and agitators. This is the second round of this scheme, the Slurry Infrastructure Grant, and...
by Charles Daniell | Jul 24, 2023 | News
Biodiversity Net Gain (or ‘BNG’) is a government-imposed strategy, introduced under the Environment Act 2021 and coming into force from November 2023. The policy requires developers to assess and address the impact on biodiversity of their development and then provide...