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The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the Environmental Farming Scheme (EFS) Wider Level will open for applications…
Improved satellite imagery can remove the need for farm audits, according to a senior researcher for the European Commission. Vladimir Sucha was speaking…
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) as welcomed the announcement that the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will begin making bridging payments for…
Farmers in Northern Ireland may be in a position to continue receiving EU payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) until the end…
The Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) has said that the performance of the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) “must improve”, and is calling for bridging…
Farmers in the midlands have until January 31 to apply for an environmental grant of up to £5,000. Dr. Jodie Rettino, Severn Trent Catchment…
Over £80 million of funding has been granted for environmental farm support programmes in Wales, Environment Secretary Lesley Griffith announced today. The funding package…
Scottish Conservatives has announced it will redirect unspent money from the existing Circular Economy Investment Fund to support farm efficiency and food production.…
Eligible farmers and crofters are reminded to apply to the Scottish Suckler Beef Support Scheme (SSBSS) before the deadline of December 31, 2018.…
Welsh Rural Affairs Secretary Lesley Griffiths has confirmed Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) will remain unchanged for an extra year (2020) to support farmers…
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has called on the Treasury to make annual January bridging payments for the remainder of the…
A Professor at Norwich Business School has won the 2020 Nuffield Farming Lecture Award, which will see him address the changing face of…
Farmers looking to get their hands on computerised calf feeders may soon be able do so, thanks to a new £30 million grant…
Farmers in the Midlands can apply for a £5,000 environmental grant to help fund management and infrastructure changes that will protect watercourses from…
A newly-formed independent panel is set to look at how funding supports the needs of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Government…
Farmers in Northern Ireland will retain the right to have an independent review of their CAP application – but only if they are…
Further rounds of funding for a popular small grants scheme which helps farmers buy equipment to boost productivity and increase yields have been…
The decision to increase Northern Ireland’s rate of advance payments for 2018 from 50% to 70% of claim value has been widely welcomed…
