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Area limits on some SFI options

DEFRA has been monitoring the impact of the actions in the current SFI offer which take land out of food production and has concluded that 1% of farmers who applied for...

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Posted March 27, 2024
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EWCO FETF and SFI update

DEFRA has announced a significant uplift in payments for the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) to encourage an increase in tree-planting across the country. Within EWCO, additional contribution payments can be...

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Posted March 27, 2024
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Liquid wool

There was an interesting interview on Farming Today this morning (at 1:51 into the programme for anyone interested) about using hydrolysis to turn wool into a liquid fertiliser for horticultural and...

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Posted March 20, 2024
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Countryside Stewardship claim window

The claim window for existing Countryside Stewardship and Environmental Stewardship agreements is now open. The claim deadline is 15 May, after which date late claim penalties will apply. The transfer window...

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Posted March 18, 2024
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Extension of APR

As called for in the Rock Review, and following the call for evidence and consultation that was announced last year, the Chancellor, The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, has used the...

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Posted March 8, 2024
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Forest market report 2023

Tilhill and specialist land agency firm Goldcrest Land & Forestry Group have published their long running annual report into the state of the UK forestry market. For those involved in the...

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Posted November 27, 2023
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Levelling-Up Act becomes law

We have been keeping tabs on the progress of the Levelling-Up Bill and have been actively engaged in resisting the scrapping of what is known colloquially as “the 4-year rule”. After...

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Posted October 26, 2023
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