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 guaranteed rate for 35 years, but you also have the option of selling the carbon credits on the open market. If you are considering planting trees, I think the Woodland Creation Grant is still better, but it will be im

The government have this week announced that they are re-opening the Rural Development Growth Programme. There are 3 types of grant: Business development Food processing Rural tourism infrastructure To be eligible, the project will need to create jobs or bring more money into the rural economy. There are quite a few restrictions to the grants, and the government seem to have very different ideas about what should be eligible!! However, if you have a project on the horizon, p