Angela Chappelhow

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund opened this week with grants for a range of farm equipment under three themes:  farm productivity, slurry management and animal health and welfare.  The deadline is midday on 28th April with application window perfectly…

£50 million is being made available for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund, which will open on 17th March.  As was the case last year, there are three separate themes to: improve productivity manage slurry improve animal health and welfare…

At the NFU Conference this week, Emma Reynold’s speech included a number of significant announcements about schemes.  More details below: Key points include: SFI 2026 will open for small farms of less than 50ha and those without existing ELM agreements…

The deadline for Farming Equipment and Technology Fund equipment claims is midday on 31st March.  We are getting calls from farmers trying to find their claim form and this is a common problem.  The claim form is in the original…

This week, the Rural Payments Agency sent out an email about the reductions to delinked payments in 2026 and 2027 announced in Defra’s Spending Review. The delinked payments will be based on the business’ “reference amount” minus the following reductions:…

Defra has published a new Plan and Manage Nutrient Applications Tool designed to make nutrient management easier.   A webinar on Wednesday 4 March at 12noon hosted by ADAS will explain how it works – Register to attend.

This is a reminder that you must not cut or trim hedgerows between 1st March and 31st August.  There are exemptions including where the hedgerow overhangs a highway, road or footpath over which there is a public or private right…

Round 6 of the Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) Fund opened this week.  Not sure about what this might fund? Defra has just published a blog with two farmers who have previously received funding from the programme -…