Tuesday 8th October 7.30 pm at The Bridge Inn, Grinton, DL11 6HH The Farmer Network and the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s Farm Team invite you to an informal workshop to go over the detail of DEFRA’s Flood Recovery grant. …
Morrisons have opened up apprenticeship transfer levy funds to support British farmers of the future. This is an exciting opportunity for young farmers to gain financial support to fund their studies. As long as they are aged 19 or over,…
This has been confirmed as €1 = £0.89092 which is a slightly less favourable exchange rate than in 2018 but still relatively good compared with before the 2016 referendum. The continued weakness of the pound makes imports more expensive (eg…
We are getting calls from farmers asking when they might hear whether their CP Small Grant scheme application has been approved (or not). We are not aware of any farmers having received offers of grant as yet. With the first…
DEFRA’s FARMING RECOVERY FUND – DEADLINE 31ST MARCH 2020 Defra’s Farming Recovery grant was launched today (20th September) and covers non-insurable items for a range of farm restoration work, including rebuilding dry stone walls, re-cultivating productive land and replacing damaged…
Richard Carruthers from Rawfoot near Bampton is one of AHDB’s new Strategic Beef & Sheep Farmers. The first meeting will be on 15th October starting at 10.30am with Rhidian Jones of SAC Consulting leading a discussion around ewe condition pre tupping. …
The FREE programme includes a series of seven workshops which focus on different business skills to maximise profitability and resilience including business planning, understanding accounts and budgeting, and exploring new opportunities for the farm. Every farm receives one-to-one support to…
Two AgriTech innovation centres are joining forces to offer their members an enhanced range of services to drive growth in the agriculture sector. Farm491 is an AgriTech business incubator based at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Cirencester and they…
The Farmer Network has funding from the Cumbria Growth Catalyst programme to provide free one to one advice to help farmers review their businesses. The business health check takes around 2 hours and includes a review of the farm’s accounts,…
The Farmer Network has been asked to coordinate two new Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme groups in the Skipton/Ilkley/Otley area in Yorkshire and around Garstang in Lancashire. The programme includes a series of seven workshops which focus on different business skills…