Funding

Farmers Guardian deputy editor Alex Black discusses the latest announcements on farm funding

£10m set aside for Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund as Gov seeks to prevent further degradation and carbon loss

Farmers should still be looking at the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), but need to do so with their eyes open in a changed funding landscape

Defra has confirmed an increased funding limit for the Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies fund

The Government has announced £240 million will be available for SFI26

New guidance on funding published as calls for 'clarity' surrounding future support schemes are issued

£5m cash grant set to support farm productivity

With increased funding available farmers and landowners are being encouraged to begin preparing now for the next round of Environmental Land Management (ELM) Capital Grants, which are set to reopen in July this year

Funding could be available for farmers with bright ideas but have not had the ‘time, headspace or support’ to act on them

Farmers have been urged to get in their applications for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) grants before April 28