Funding

Farmers who fail to sign-up to government stewardship schemes could be missing out on more than £7,000 a year, a charity has warned.

A total of 29 businesses, will receive capital grants ranging from £1,047 to £1.35m through the latest tranche of the Food Processing, Marketing and Cooperation (FPMC) scheme

The war in Ukraine has prompted a call for Ministers to give the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme a bigger budget.

The Welsh Government has announced a £227m package of funding to replace the EU Rural Development Programme (RDP).

Moorland payments for 2022 under Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) have been increased by 60 per cent, following significant pressure from industry.

Delays in the rollout of the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) are down to a deliberate policy of ‘listening, learning and improving’, Defra has revealed.

Emergency grants of up to £1,000 are being made available to farmers whose properties have been hit by recent storms, an agricultural charity has announced.

News that cash set aside for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund is set to be tripled, has been welcomed by the sector.

Initial payments under the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELM) cannot increase unless direct support is cut faster, Defra Secretary George Eustice has said.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has outlined how Government intends to support livestock farmers to keep healthier, higher welfare animals.