sustainable farming incentive

From the editor: 'no doubt the Government is on a charm offensive with the farming fraternity'

Politics

From the editor: 'no doubt the Government is on a charm offensive with the farming fraternity'

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley (September 15)

clock 18 September 2023 • 2 min read
Top tips to get the most from your hedgerows

Arable

Top tips to get the most from your hedgerows

As the hedge-cutting closed period came to an end on September 1, we got some top tips to manage hedges to benefit the arable rotation, carbon storage, and wildlife

clock 08 September 2023 • 6 min read
NFU calls for halt to BPS reductions

Politics

NFU calls for halt to BPS reductions

The union has urged ministers to ‘do the right thing’ after problems with the SFI scheme

clock 06 September 2023 • 2 min read
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Weighing up the best options for grassland farms

Farm Business

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Weighing up the best options for grassland farms

Applications for the SFI scheme are expected to open for applications in the coming weeks

clock 12 August 2023 • 2 min read
How to get involved in the Annual Health and Welfare Review

Livestock

How to get involved in the Annual Health and Welfare Review

Following the launch of Defra’s Annual Health and Welfare Review last week, Katie Fallon looks at how farmers can get involved.

clock 16 February 2023 • 5 min read
Farming Minister bats away concerns about ELM payment increases

Farm Business

Farming Minister bats away concerns about ELM payment increases

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has batted away concerns that the increased Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme payments announced this morning (January 5) are ‘too little, too late’.

clock 05 January 2023 • 2 min read
CropTec22: Higher ELM budget will keep food prices down for consumers

Farm Business

CropTec22: Higher ELM budget will keep food prices down for consumers

Ploughing more money into Defra’s Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme will keep food prices down for consumers, according to AHDB technical knowledge exchange manager Harry Henderson.

clock 23 November 2022 • 2 min read
Model farms highlight extent of SFI income gap

Arable

Model farms highlight extent of SFI income gap

Analysis of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) using the Anderson Centre’s set of model farms has shown the extent of the impact that BPS cuts will have on farm incomes in 2023.

clock 20 September 2022 • 3 min read