Understand the benefits and application processes when considering the English Woodland Creation Offer to plant trees on your farm. This workshop takes you through a step-by-step guide to help you to understand the advantages and application processes when considering planting trees on your farm as part of a diversification plan. The many holistic environmental benefits of woodland creation will be ... Read More
The Sustainable Farming Incentive is Defra's flagship offering to the farming community. The Sustainable Farming Incentive is available to the farming community, rewarding farmers for environmental benefits provided through their land management practices. As the area-based Basic Payment Scheme is phased out, SFI represents an important consideration for farmers seeking to maximise farm income. For farmers who choose to enter ... Read More
A step-by-step guide to managing your farm accounts using online accounting software, Xero. With Xero, you can automate everyday financial tasks and easily track and pay bills. More farm work, less paperwork. During this workshop our trainer will guide you through: The Xero dashboard and how to navigate it Chart of accounts Bills Invoices Registering assets CAT returns Reports Payroll ... Read More
Biodiversity net gain (BNG) is a new piece of legislation that forces developers to contribute to nature recovery, by ensuring that biodiversity is left in a measurably better state, after a development than before. Where developers cannot deliver a 10% increase in biodiversity on their site, they must pay other landowners to create and improve habitats on their behalf. This ... Read More
Helping groups of farmers, foresters and other land managers to improve environmental outcomes in their local area. The Countryside Stewardship Facilitation Fund supports individuals who bring together groups of farmers, foresters and other land managers to improve environmental outcomes in their local area. It is a fund for those interested in a landscape-scale approach and group working to deliver environmental ... Read More
Defra have announced that a second round of the popular Slurry Infrastructure Grant will open in November 2023. The Slurry Infrastructure Grant provides funding to improve slurry storage beyond the current legal minimums. Slurry storage is a critical part of every resilient farm business, as it ensures the effective use of nutrients, help to secure farm productivity and profitability, and ... Read More
During this workshop we will help start you on the process to help you develop a transition plan from one generation to the next. Succession planning as a farmer can be challenging for all involved in the family business. Only 13% of family run businesses have a succession plan in place and that is reflected in the statistics, with only ... Read More
Farm Carbon Kit will teach you about measuring carbon on-farm along with further practical advice. The Farm Carbon Toolkit was created by farmers for farmers. For over a decade, they have worked to further the understanding of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. They provide tools and services to measure impact and run projects with farmers that inspire action on the ... Read More
The Sustainable Farming Incentive is Defra's flagship offering to the farming community. The Sustainable Farming Incentive is available to the farming community, rewarding farmers for environmental benefits provided through their land management practices. As the area-based Basic Payment Scheme is phased out, SFI represents an important consideration for farmers seeking to maximise farm income. For farmers who choose to enter ... Read More
