Farming Focus – February 2023

The February 2023 edition of Farming Focus reports on the new legally binding environmental targets, it also explains what support farmers will receive towards their energy bills after April 2023.  Contact your consultant if you need help with your BPS application, the window opens in March, the last before delinking, what does this mean?  For farmers in Wales, we report on the Winter Update, see when schemes are open.  Do you supply ABP? If so, you are eligible for its PRISM 2030 Programme, read what this means for you.  Finally we take a look at the latest farm rents data in England.

The Spotlight article this month looks at ELM in more detail including the 6 new SFI Standards which will be available from this summer and changes to Countryside Stewardship.

Click Here to access our February 2023 edition of Farming Focus.

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