Adam attended a Farmwell event organised by Farming Community Network in Penrith this week. One of the guest speakers was Robbie Moore, MP for Keighley and Ilkley in West Yorkshire and is currently DEFRA shadow minister. He is also an…
LOTS OF INFORMATION FOR FARMERS TO CONSIDER This week, Defra opened the Countryside Stewardship scheme for applications and published more details about their exit scheme and the de-linking of Basic Payments from land. For Countryside Stewardship, some of the changes…
Cumbrian farmers have dedicated acres of land to growing fruit and vegetables this year, thanks to support from a new initiative, Home Grown Here. The scheme will see a tasty range of fresh produce grown in the county, from peas…
DEFRA LUMP SUM EXIT SCHEME & DELINKED PAYMENTS CONSULTATION This week, Defra launched a consultation about offering farmers who want to exit the industry a one-off lump sum payment and to ‘delink’ Direct Payments from land for all farmers from…
This morning, Environment Secretary, George Eustice MP, set out the roadmap for the forthcoming changes to farm support. The ‘Path to Sustainable Farming’ document, sets out more detail on the changes and what they will mean for farmers:
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Click the link to see our latest Coronavirus Briefing. If you need any help or advice call us at head office on 01768 868615 or email veronica@thefarmernetwork.co.uk CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING 24th JULY 2020
Wool is an animal by product (ABP) and is category 3 – Low risk You can only dispose of category 3 ABPs by: incineration or co-incineration sending them to landfill after they’ve been processed processing them and using them to…
Click the link to see our latest Coronavirus Briefing. If you need any help or advice call us at head office on 01768 868615 or email veronica@thefarmernetwork.co.uk CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING 17th JULY 2020
How to dispose of waste wool Wool is an animal by product (ABP) and is category 3 – Low risk You can only dispose of category 3 ABPs by: incineration or co-incineration sending them to landfill after they’ve been processed…