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Grants special: 'Frustrating' delays and cuts to ADOPT programme
Funding

Grants special: 'Frustrating' delays and cuts to ADOPT programme

Rachael Brown
Rachael Brown
clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Labour should tweak APR and BPR for farmers, say Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart
Politics

Labour should tweak APR and BPR for farmers, say Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart

Chris Brayford
clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 9 min read
SFI redesign could offer a 'silver lining'
Politics

SFI redesign could offer a 'silver lining'

Rachael Brown
Rachael Brown
clock 19 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
FG's Ask The Expert: More questions answered on Inheritance Tax
Farm Business

FG's Ask The Expert: More questions answered on Inheritance Tax

Rachael Brown
Rachael Brown
clock 19 March 2025 鈥� 5 min read
草榴社区
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Grants special: 'Frustrating' delays and cuts to ADOPT programme
Funding

Grants special: 'Frustrating' delays and cuts to ADOPT programme

The programme, which opens for applications this spring, enables farmers to run trials of new technologies which may not otherwise be viable

clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Sainsbury's announces 拢61m partnership to enhance supply of UK produced pork in stores
Retail

Sainsbury's announces 拢61m partnership to enhance supply of UK produced pork in stores

The retailer announced a 10-year deal with Cranswick to deliver a new standard for animal welfare across its pork products with the hope of providing farmers with confidence and assurance to invest in the future

clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
Labour should tweak APR and BPR for farmers, say Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart
Politics

Labour should tweak APR and BPR for farmers, say Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart

Hosts of The Rest is Politics podcast discuss why Labour should change their mind on Inheritance Tax changes, why rural Labour MPs are under pressure to deliver for farmers and the importance of direct payments in agriculture

clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 9 min read
Grants special: Rural England Prosperity Fund extended for another year
Funding

Grants special: Rural England Prosperity Fund extended for another year

Simon Haley, founder of SRH Agribusiness, said for farms in England, REPF had been the sole funding avenue for on-farm diversification projects since 2019

clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 1 min read
Grants special: Funding caps on some environmental Capital Grants 'concerning'
Funding

Grants special: Funding caps on some environmental Capital Grants 'concerning'

Funding sought by livestock farmers for the roofing capital option RP28 to assist with compliance in reducing water pollution for silage stores and livestock manure storage areas was now 鈥榣ess' under the new caps

clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 6 min read
Grants special: 草榴社区 need clarity on the future of SFI
Funding

Grants special: 草榴社区 need clarity on the future of SFI

Simon Britton, of Knight Frank, said struggling 'upland farmers' could benefit from a redesign of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme but arable and lowland livestock farms may need to 'reconsider expectations'

clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
Social value payment integral to SFS success in Wales
Politics

Social value payment integral to SFS success in Wales

The Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS), Inheritance Tax and the agriculture budget were the main topics discussed with Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan during a visit to a family sheep farm in Ceredigion

clock 20 March 2025 鈥� 2 min read
SFI redesign could offer a 'silver lining'
Politics

SFI redesign could offer a 'silver lining'

Patrick Holden, chief executive of the Sustainable Food Trust, has called for a 鈥榗oalition of stakeholders' to reward farmers for 鈥榩ositive climate, nature and social outcomes' as part of a 鈥楽ustainable Markets Initiative'

clock 19 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
草榴社区 tell us what they want next from the Sustainable Farming Incentive
Politics

草榴社区 tell us what they want next from the Sustainable Farming Incentive

Exmoor farmer Robin Milton said 鈥榯rust and confidence in SFI had been wrecked' and it would take 鈥榮ome exceptionally good assurance' before many farmers would trust integrating it into their business again

clock 19 March 2025 鈥� 3 min read
FG's Ask The Expert: More questions answered on Inheritance Tax
Farm Business

FG's Ask The Expert: More questions answered on Inheritance Tax

With the family farm tax hanging over the agricultural industry and the policy continuing to dominate headlines across national and farming press, 草榴社区 Guardian puts readers鈥� questions directly to industry experts

clock 19 March 2025 鈥� 5 min read
SFI emergency roundtable: "There needs to be a clear pathway of what the future of farming and food production looks like"
Politics

SFI emergency roundtable: "There needs to be a clear pathway of what the future of farming and food production looks like"

An emergency roundtable on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has been held this afternoon (March 17) between Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and farming organisations

clock 17 March 2025 鈥� 7 min read
Farming Minister fails to offer reassurance on the future of SFI
Politics

Farming Minister fails to offer reassurance on the future of SFI

TFA representative George Renner said despite indication from Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner at an 鈥榚mergency' industry roundtable that a 鈥榮tripped back version' of SFI would be available this summer, commitments from the Minister were still 鈥榲ery woolly'

clock 17 March 2025 鈥� 5 min read
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