grants

£13 million funding to ‘turn cutting-edge research into practical tools for farmers’

The fund is a response to increased financial pressures placed on farming households as a result of the impact of low spring rainfall and prolonged dry conditions through the summer

The 2026 Capital Grants offer opened yesterday (July 30)

FG head of machinery and farm technology Toby Whatley on the topic of grants, and the role second-hand machinery could play

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

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

Grant schemes run by water companies are a useful opportunity for some farmers to access funding for practical steps to enhance water quality and improve business resilience

Differing levels of government support for organic farming are creating a postcode lottery for UK farmers, with huge variations between England, Scotland and Wales