Defra

New project backs Defra's decarbonisation plans for agriculture and agroforestry

The Efra Committee have called on the Government to place soil health on the 'same footing' as water and air quality within Government policy

Jeremy Clarkson has faced issues with West Oxfordshire District Council for plans for diversifying the farm

CLA senior land use policy adviser Cameron Hughes said: "CLA members I speak to are often surprised at the breadth of options available through the Capital Grants scheme."

Savills senior woodland consultant Luke Hemmings said there were many landowners who were keen to increase their carbon storage and habitat potential of their land, but the ‘approval process' for planting new woodland was an issue

With peak milk for the UK now less than two months away the awareness of the spring flush is dominating European trading sentiment

The increase in funding for farm productivity from 40 to 50 per cent, on top of the extra money available for solar panels, means the Improving Productivity Grant is likely to be even more popular among farmers this time around

With the exception of grazing livestock and specialist pig farms, average FBI is forecast to fall in 2023/24

Industry figures said if the Government want to protect food production, the best way to do that was to ensure Sustainable Farming Incentive applicants had to fill in an ‘active farming test'

SRH Agribusiness’ Simon Haley looks at how Government can boost take up of the Sustainable Farming Incentive