2 December 2024 Capital Grants Closed: England The Capital Grants scheme in England has been closed. The closure of the scheme was confirmed on the 26th November...
2 December 2024 SFS Wales Scheme Changes The Welsh Government released further details on the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) on the 25th November. This sees...
8 November 2024 Budget: Autumn 2024 Rachel Reeves unveiled the first Budget of the new Labour administration on the 30th October. As expected, it included large...
8 November 2024 Delinked Payments & ELM Following the Budget, Defra has released further information on its farming support schemes for 2025. Details can be found in...
4 November 2024 Budget 2024 – Significant Challenges for UK Family Farms Following the recent Budget, UK farming faces three significant challenges: changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT), adjustments to support payments, and...
2 October 2024 Setting the Farm Budget The big question in terms of farm support over the next few months is how much funding there will be...
2 October 2024 Meadow Farm The latest figures for Andersons' Meadow Farm model shows some improved returns in the beef and sheep sector. However, even...
3 September 2024 Arable Update As harvest progresses in the UK, grain prices have continued to slide. The value of UK November 2024 UK feed...
3 September 2024 Tenancy Reform A reminder that the succession rules under Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) tenancies changed as from the 1st September. This is...
5 August 2024 Friesian Farm Profitability figures from our Friesian Farm model are shown in the table below. This is a notional 220+ cow business...
5 August 2024 New Government Following its landslide victory in the General Election, the new Labour administration is starting to bed-in. In farming terms, the...
4 July 2024 SFI 2024 – Changes to SFI 2023 Actions In our article last month which reported on the expanded 2024 offer, we said the 23 SFI 2023 actions would...
4 July 2024 Farm Profits UK farming made surprisingly good profits in 2023 according to Defra. The Department has recently released figures for Total Income...
12 June 2024 SFI 2024 Factsheet Details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2024 offer are now available. A controlled roll out via Expressions of Interest is...
4 June 2024 Expanded SFI Offer for 2024 Expanded Offer Defra has released details of the expanded SFI 2024 offer. In total there will be 102 actions available. ...
4 June 2024 Ending Agri-environment Agreements Early Defra has released information on how and when existing Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement holders can...
20 May 2024 Nutrient Management Research Grants Defra has announced funding for projects which will develop innovative solutions to farm nutrient management. Through the Farming Innovation Programme,...
2 April 2024 Farming Focus – April 2024 In the April 2024 edition of Farming Focus see which SFI Actions Defra has placed an area limit on. Farmers...
4 March 2024 Farming Focus – March 2024 In the March 2024 edition of Farming Focus we take at look at Rishi Sunak's announcements at the NFU Conference, including...
5 February 2024 Farming Focus – February 2024 In the February 2024 edition of Farming Focus we notify readers that the Improving Farm Productivity grant, including solar is now...
9 January 2024 Farming Focus – January 2024 In the January 2024 edition of Farming Focus we notify readers that grants for Improving Farm Productivity, including solar are due...
4 December 2023 Farming Focus – December 2023 In the December 2023 edition of Farming Focus we take a look at the latest Farm Business Income figures for...
3 November 2023 Farming Focus – November 2023 In the November 2023 edition of Farming Focus we update readers on the SFI - there is no requirement to send...
3 October 2023 Farming Focus – October 2023 In the October 2023 edition of Farming Focus we report on 'accelerated payments' for the early SFI adopters and the...
