Amy Turner
New funding to support dairy farmers through Coronavirus outbreak
A new fund will enable eligible dairy farmers in England to access up to £10,000 each to help them overcome the impact of the coronavirus...
Amy Turner
- Nov 29, 2019
- 2 min
Applications open for the RDPE Growth Programme!
The Business Development, Food Processing and Rural Tourism Infrastructure grants are now open to new applications. You must submit an...
Amy Turner
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
Get Your Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme Application in Early!
The Countryside Productivity Small Grants scheme Round 2 is now available for all farm types including livestock, horticulture and arable...
Amy Turner
- Apr 26, 2019
- 1 min
Amy Speaks at Harper Adams Rural Research Conference on Agricultural Conversions
Following graduation from Harper Adams University, Amy was invited to speak on her dissertation topic at the April 2019 Rural Research...
Amy Turner
- Apr 16, 2019
- 5 min
Government announces end to unfair evictions
Private landlords will no longer be able to evict tenants from their homes at short notice and without good reason, in the biggest change...
Amy Turner
- Mar 29, 2019
- 8 min
Post Brexit: Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS)
The UK Government believes “… Common Agricultural Policy Payments have failed to reward some public goods adequately, such as measures to...
Amy Turner
- Mar 22, 2019
- 4 min
Fitness for Human Habitation Act now in force: what landlords need to know
As of March 20th 2019, the Fitness for Human Habitation Act will come into force for tenancies in England. This legislation amends the...
Amy Turner
- Mar 14, 2019
- 1 min
Basic Payment Scheme 2019 - application window open for submissions
Regardless of what happens with the UK’s exit from the EU, BPS 2019 will continue to operate under the current rules. Even if there is...
Amy Turner
- Mar 10, 2019
- 1 min
Extra funding available for hedgerow and stone wall boundary restorations
The 2019 hedgerows and boundaries grant scheme offers farmers an 'excellent opportunity' to unlock public funding to help restore...
Amy Turner
- Feb 22, 2019
- 3 min
Are you complying with the farming rules for water?
Do you know that the new rules for all farmers in England to help improve water quality are now in place and will be enforceable from 2...
Amy Turner
- Feb 18, 2019
- 1 min
Is your farm located in the red?
You will be eligible to apply for extra capital items if you're located within the Red Catchment Sensitive Farming area. See below for...
Amy Turner
- Feb 18, 2019
- 3 min
2019 Countryside Stewardship now open for applications
The Countryside Stewardship (CS) scheme opened today (18 February) for farmers, foresters and land managers to request 2019 application...
Amy Turner
- Feb 9, 2019
- 1 min
Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme - Progress Update
The Countryside Productivity Small Grants Scheme offers grants of between £3,000 and £12,000 to support farmers who want to invest in...
Amy Turner
- Feb 1, 2019
- 1 min
Cross Compliance Dates for your diary - February 2019
Farmers and landowners must follow these cross compliance rules if they claim for certain payment schemes and stewardship projects. Here...
Amy Turner
- Jan 25, 2019
- 2 min
Landlords to be legally required to join a redress scheme - or face £5,000 fine!
Dissatisfied homeowners and tenants will have simple and quick access to help when things go wrong, thanks to new plans announced...
Amy Turner
- Jan 18, 2019
- 2 min
Clean Air Strategy 2018 - plan to reduce ammonia emissions
Farms will face new restrictions on spreading manure and slurry under the government’s “world-leading” plan to tackle air pollution. The...
Amy Turner
- Jan 11, 2019
- 2 min
Environmental Land Management Scheme - what are DEFRA's plans?
The Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme is DEFRA's completely fresh way of managing the UK's important landscape. It is the...
Amy Turner
- Jan 6, 2019
- 4 min
Oxford Farming Conference 2019 - key points from Michael Gove's address
The Environment Secretary Michael Gove delivered his keynote speech at the 2019 Oxford Farming Conference on 3rd January 2019. This...
Amy Turner
- Dec 20, 2018
- 1 min
Christmas Paperwork Reminders before the celebrations begin!!
The end of the year can often be a busy time for farmers trying to get everything done before a well earned rest and a mince pie at...
Amy Turner
- Dec 10, 2018
- 1 min
90% of BPS Claims on track for December payment
More than 65 per cent of farmers have received their 2018 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) money in the first day of the payment window (3...