Countryside Stewardship

When Andrew Walters first arrived as farm manager at Boddington Estates in 2014, the rotation was tight, black-grass pressure was high, and soils needed improvement

Anyone not currently on Natural England's shortlist will have to 'wait until later in the year' for guidance on how to access the scheme

Mr Lines, chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, writes about Defra’s sudden SFI closure, how farm support payments are 'failing' farmers, the urgent action needed and why farmers cannot wait 18 months

Well planned and managed paddock systems can help farms get the most from grazing livestock on stewardship leys

David Morley, of H&H Land and Estates said with a dwindling Basic Payment Scheme and no means of making up this lost income, it was farmers who have demonstrated a ‘long-term commitment to delivering environmental enhancement who are being unfairly penalised'

Department says December payments will deliver nearly £300m into rural economy

Cambridgeshire brothers Mat and Lloyd Smith are taking bold steps to safeguard a sustainable future for their family's fenland arable farm. Teresa Rush reports

Last year we fenced off a stream gully which runs through the middle of the farm

A move from Sussex to Lancashire has enabled Eden and John Hill to pursue their farming dream