sustainable farming incentive

Under the changes, new SFI applicants will only be able to put 25 per cent of their land into six SFI actions that take land out of direct food production

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

Situated 40 miles from London, Hampton Estate provides a green lung to a densely populated corner of south east England. Ruth Wills finds out more

Applying foliar nitrogen during the summer meets the nutrient needs of maize more effectively than applying all the fertiliser early in the season says new research from the Maize Growers Association

James and Isobel are new entrants and formerly had a 45-hectare (111-acre) fiveyear Farm Business Tenancy at Wiston. That has come to an end and they are looking for a new tenancy. James works for tech firm Breedr as a product manager. You can follow them on Twitter @jpbwfarm

More than 1,500 farmers attended the Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. What did farmers learn?

Getting the most out of multi-species leys in livestock systems requires a different management approach from grassland, but the results can be very rewarding in the right circumstances

Livestock farmers wanting to improve their grassland in line with the latest SFI requirements need to optimise nitrogen use with advisers pointing to the growing role of sulphur in the equation

North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan said many farmers in her constituency who were currently undertaking positive environmental work are ‘ineligible' for the SFI scheme