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Apr 22, 2021 · Sustainable agriculture will allow the planet to thrive while simultaneously supplying healthy food for humans. To learn more about a farm using sustainable practices, check out our Faces of Farmlink profile on Pierre Sleiman Jr., founder and CEO of GoGreen Agriculture.
Jun 27, 2023 · A more sustainable future for agriculture that feeds a growing planet while maintaining the livelihoods of farmers is feasible. And industry players, policy makers, and investors can accelerate the path to the future while enabling their own growth.
The food and agriculture value chain has a chance to create a more sustainable ecosystem that feeds a growing planet while maintaining the livelihoods of farmers. With tailored and concentrated action, industry players, policy makers, and investors can accelerate the path to this future while enabling their own growth.
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- 1.1.4 When the changes will happen
- 2.2 Improving farm prosperity
- Animal welfare
- Delinked payments and lump sum exit scheme
- Pesticides
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- What is Environmental Land Management for?
- How Environmental Land Management will work
- How we will pay for public goods
- Scheme description
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- B.5 Tree Health Pilot
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- B.6 Farming in Protected Landscapes
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- B.7 Animal health and welfare
- Health and disease support
- Capital grants
- Health and disease support
- Capital grants
- Payment-by-results
- Health and disease support
- Capital grants
- Payment-by-results
- C.1 Farming Investment Fund
- Scheme description
- Farming Equipment and Technology Fund
- Farming Transformation Fund
- What will the grants be for?
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- C.2 New Entrants Support Scheme
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- Payments
- C.4 Innovation, research & development
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- C.5 Farm resilience
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- C.6 Skills, training and benchmarking
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My family have farmed in West Cornwall for six generations. The names of different fields were passed from each generation to the next. We knew our land and every field on each farm and we also knew how best to manage it. I understand the responsibility that farmers feel to the hard work of previous generations and their commitment to the future. S...
Throughout the agricultural transition we will make reductions to Direct Payments and invest the money we free up in a better way. Farmers will see their receipts under Direct Payments progressively fall but will have the opportunity to access new schemes as that happens. 2 We refer to components, when previously we have said tiers This will be an ...
Some farmers might want help to work out how best to get their businesses ready for the agricultural transition. We are offering a range of interventions including: offering a range of grant options which will help farmers invest in productivity measures providing support to new entrants seeking to develop new land-based businesses, by creating las...
A consultation on welfare labelling is being prepared. The responses will inform the next stages of the work on consumer transparency.
We intend to consult on a proposed lump sum exit scheme and the approach to delinked payments.
A consultation on our draft National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides will be published shortly. The responses to this will be considered as we finalise the Action Plan, which will set out our approach to support the uptake of Integrated Pest Management and ensure safe and sustainable use of pesticides.
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Each scheme has eligibility rules, and these apply to both the land and the farmer. Nearly all farmers will be eligible to apply for one or more Countryside Stewardship offers. Higher Tier schemes: are competitive and focused on the highest quality environmental sites. This means that not every applicant who meets the minimum criteria will be off...
The guidance and handbooks published for each offer set out the payment offers.
We aim to design and administer schemes in a way that: will support farming and the countryside to make a significant and widespread contribution to environmental goals, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions is trusted by the sector attracts wide participation – we want to increase participation rates in Environmental Land Management schem...
Our new approach will be made up of three component parts, which taken together will achieve the outcomes we are aiming for: Sustainable Farming Incentive will apply to farmers. It will pay them for actions they take to manage their land in an environmentally-sustainable way. Actions will be grouped into simple packages to make it as easy as possib...
The way we pay for public goods will be different – less prescription, more choice and flexibility. The length of the agreements will be flexible according to individual circumstances and what farmers want to deliver through their agreements. Examples of the types of actions we envisage paying for include but are not limited to: The Sustainable F...
Through the National Pilot we intend to learn about: real world operation of our Environmental Land Management schemes – for example, how they work for farmers and how far are they capable of delivering on our environmental ambition processes and systems – i.e. the administrative tools, business processes and IT systems that support the schemes – w...
Participants will be paid a competitive rate for taking part in the National Pilot. Payments will cover the cost of delivering land management actions, and time spent actively contributing to pilot learning. Further details are still to be confirmed and these will be made available before we seek expressions of interest for participation in the Nat...
We want: To reduce the impact of tree pests and disease to protect our trees, woods and forests. We will: Expand the scope of existing schemes to ensure that England’s trees, woods and forests continue to protect and improve the economic, social and environmental benefits they deliver. Trees provide a huge value to the economy, society and the en...
Eligibility is still under development. We hope to benefit tree, woodland and forest managers with tree health issues, and expand eligibility beyond the current offer which may include hedgerows, roadside trees and trees in parks and parklands. Eligible participants will be invited to apply for the pilot based on confirmation by the Forestry Commis...
The pilot will allow us to explore and refine future payment rates and structures. For eligible participants, there will be support for: felling and treatment of diseased trees in certain situations to slow the spread of tree pests and disease, protecting the wider treescape restocking following felling to ensure no net loss of trees. This will e...
We want: To support farmers and other land managers in Protected Landscapes, to help them diversify their income streams and lay the groundwork for our Environmental Land Management offer. We will: Provide support to farmers, via National Park Authorities and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty bodies, to help grow businesses, create green jobs, en...
The scheme will use existing delivery mechanisms through Areas of Outstanding National Beauty and National Park Authorities, who have existing infrastructure and relationships across Protected Landscapes. The spend each year would support delivery against two complementary areas: (A) farm level projects and (B) wider infrastructure and projects o...
We want: We need to ensure every livestock farmer is improving the health and welfare of their animals. We will: Support livestock farmers in producing healthier, higher welfare animals, through financial assistance, strengthening the regulatory baseline and improving consumer transparency. We are co-designing an Animal Health and Welfare Pathway w...
This will initially focus on controlling or eradicating endemic diseases, amongst cattle, pigs and sheep. As well as improving the welfare of farmed animals, this will contribute to other government commitments on the responsible use of antimicrobials as set out in the UK Anti-Microbial Resistance 5-year National Action Plan and our commitment to e...
Small and large grants will be used to co-fund investment in measures that will increase animal welfare over the statutory baseline. Items to be included for grants will be subject to consultation with industry and other experts. Examples of what the grants could include are: cattle handling facilities, to reduce the stress of animals when handled ...
All livestock farmers in England will be eligible to apply for health and disease support as part of the Pathway. In particular, we want to reach those animal keepers who have not joined previous voluntary government or industry initiatives. Our initial focus will be on pigs, cattle and sheep, but we are open to other sectors bringing forward propo...
We propose that all livestock farmers in England would be eligible to apply for small or large grants. A vet visit may be required as part of the application process. This would ensure that livestock farmers are applying for items that will provide the expected benefits on their farm.
Our research will confirm whether there are appropriate and economically-viable payment-by-results interventions for in-scope species. Our current assumption is that livestock farmers in England may be eligible for the payment-by-results scheme if they keep dairy cattle, beef cattle, pigs, sheep, laying hens and meat chickens.
This will offer a progressive programme of improvement on every farm. We anticipate using grant aid and match funding to support a variety of different activities including: diagnostic testing better on farm health planning/management increased advice from vets and other advisors increased opportunities for peer to peer learning
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Improved utilisation of data is central to improving productivity, and managing profitability, throughout the sector. Whilst the use of benchmarking is accepted across many other industries as essential to driving performance and efficiency, uptake in agriculture is low. Only 26% of top performing farms and 13% of bottom performing farms undertake ...
Robots, algorithms and drones are high-tech solutions that can revolutionise agriculture. Precision farming helps to reduce soil erosion and make farming more sustainable.
Apr 30, 2021 · New research suggests that removing tilling from the farming process produces up to 30% lower emissions, helping to reduce agriculture's carbon footprint.
Apr 30, 2021 · To make agriculture more sustainable, innovators have come up with new ideas, like vertical farming. Lizzy Rosenberg, an environmental journalist, evaluates these different methods to see how sustainable they are.
