Plant Protection Products - Register By 22nd June!

Action required by professional users of Plant Protection Products (Pesticides) Deadline: Wednesday 22nd June 2022

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This is a reminder that users of professional pesticides must register their use, to comply with The Official Controls (Plant Protection Products) Regulations 2020. This includes farmers and contractors.

What you need to do now:

if you use Plant Protection Products (PPPs) including adjuvants, are legally required to register basic details of their activities with DEFRA by 22nd June 2022.

Registration will be necessary if any of the following apply to you:

• Use professional PPPs and / or adjuvants as part of work or business

• Have professional PPPs and / or adjuvants applied by a third party as part of your work or business in agriculture, horticulture, amenities or forestry.

• Users of amateur PPPs do not need to register

The obligation to register includes every address where:

• Professional PPPs are stored

• Professional PPP records are kept

• Professional PPPs are applied, if on the business property such as land owned or rented

• Businesses which apply professional PPPs as seed treatments

• Businesses which apply professional PPPs as a contracting service, even if the business has previously registered as a distributor

To register, please click here

If you need any help with the registration, please get in touch with your usual consultant.

Regards

The Kelly Farm Consulting Team!

Sam Kelly 07777 696080 sam@kellyfarmconsulting.com

Charlie Davies 07904 601104 charlie@kellyfarmconsulting.com

Laura Cureton 07399 117257 laura@kellyfarmconsulting.com

Office 01454 614624

‘Adding Value’ Grant Funding – Farming Investment Fund

“Grants available for farm buildings, machinery or equipment that will add value to crops/ livestock by increasing productivity and improving the environment.”

The much anticipated details of the ‘Adding Value’ theme within the Farming Investment Fund have today, been released by the RPA. Grant funding of between £25,000 and £300,000 will be available for up to 40% of eligible funding costs that seek to process, diversify and add value to produce. This includes equipment for:

• Preparing or processing edible agricultural products

• ‘Second stage’ processing of grain such as blending and colour sorting

• Processing non-edible agricultural products into new products (e.g. flax, hemp, wool, hides, skins)

• Retailing eligible agricultural products (e.g. display facilities and vending machines)

• Premises for the preparation/ processing of added value agricultural products (including storage areas)

Grant funding will include the installation and commissioning of eligible capital items. Stage 1 applications, via an ‘Online Checker,’ are to open in June 2022 which will allow you to understand your chance of success for the funding. Following this initial stage, should the project score highly, applicants will be invited to submit a full application. The Rural Payments Agency have advised that they will prioritise funding for the following projects and that a stronger score will be received for achieving more of the listed priorities (as below).

• Increase, improve or introduce new processing capabilities

• Grow your business - to improve business resilience

• Process products for the first time

• Shorten supply chains

• Encourage collaboration and partnerships

• Improve environmental sustainability

For further information of projects eligible for this grant, please visit: About the Adding Value grant, who can apply and what the grant can pay for. Or get in touch with one of the team for more information! Sam Kelly 07777 696080 sam@kellyfarmconsulting.com Charlie Davies 07904 601104 charlie@kellyfarmconsulting.com Laura Cureton 07399 117257 laura@kellyfarmconsulting.com Office 01454 614624

BPS 2022 Claim Deadline

Reminder! The deadline for BPS and Countryside Stewardship 2022 claim submissions is quickly approaching. Ensure that your claims are submitted by midnight on Monday 16th May 2022.