The Government have had a busy week, and also announced the entitlement values for 2019. The full detail is below, but in summary the values have increased very slightly (£1.18/ha).
This is a brand new scheme launched this week to encourage tree planting on farms to help the Governement to meet their target of planting 11 million trees by 2022!
The grant involves selling the Carbon Credits from your new woodland back to the Government at a guarant...
The season has been fantastic for maize growing and a lot of the crops we have seen will be ready to cut this week, much earlier than we would normally see.
Weather Forecast
The forecast shows a good dry week this week with rain moving in early next week, so if your cro...
The woodland creation grant is now open for applications all year round. The grant pays up to £6,800 per hectare, and you can then apply for extra support to maintain it for a further period of 10 years after the woodland is planted, currently £200/ha per year.
DEFRA have today (finally!) announced the launch of Round 2 of the Small Grant Scheme.
If you applied for funding round 1 of this scheme, you can also apply under Round 2, but the total value of both claims must not be above £12,000. So if you utilised the full g...
The deadline of 31 July for Mid Tier Stewardship applications is approaching fast!
If you have requested an application pack (which had to be done by 31 May), but are struggling to decide which options best suit your farm, get in touch and we can assess the most suita...
Countryside Stewardship is now open for applications for
agreements to commence from 1st January 2020.
There are a wide range of options available under both the Mid Tier and Higher schemes that would work well for many farms, with very small changes to farming practic...
