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The Farming Advice Service (FAS) provides free, confidential advice for farmers and land managers in England to help protect people, livestock and the environment. In partnership with Catchment Sensitive Farming. Funded by Defra

Latest newsletters

  • FAS Newsletter September 2025

    Issue 115

    • How to contact your local Catchment Sensitive Farming Team
    • How a Somerset dairy farm tackled challenges with slurry storage and silage clamp issues
    • An update on Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) and the Farming and Countryside Programme’s (FCP) annual report
    • Celebrating Young Farmers Week 6-10 October
    • New restrictions for burning on all England upland peat deeper than 30cm, unless subject to a license
    • £12 million to turn brilliant ideas into farm technology
    • Improved TB mapping tool ibTB gives farmers more certainty about disease risks when purchasing cattle
    • Innovate UK BridgeAI: free in-person workshops and online webinars
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements
  • FAS Newsletter August 2025

    Issue 114

    • Environment Agency urges farmers to start preparations for winter slurry storage
    • New Technical Article - Water Quality and Farming
    • RPA blog: Getting the most from herbal leys within improved grassland systems
    • Sustainable Farming Incentive Expanded Offer for 2024 (SFI 2024): understanding the annual declaration
    • How a North Yorkshire a dairy farm addressed issues with its silage clamps
    • How Cambridgeshire Farmers Are Fighting Fires
    • Trees on farm: New video series “Stages of woodland management”
    • Continued Dry Weather – An Opportunity for Reservoir Inspection and Maintenance?
    • Constructing A Large Raise Reservoir
    • Updates from the Farming blog and industry announcements
  • FAS July Front Page

    Issue 113

    • SFI 2023 – Annual Declarations update
    • An Update on Capital Grants
    • An Update on Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier
    • New Technical Article - RPA Advice & Guidance and Site Visits
    • Trees on farm: Helping young trees survive hot, dry weather
    • National Framework for Water Resources Launched
    • Trees on farm: Helping young trees survive hot, dry weather
    • Water abstraction restrictions and dry weather support from the Environment Agency
    • Animal Plant Health Agency.
    • NVZ and nutrient management
    • Public rights of way
    • How a Cheshire dairy farm worked with the Environment Agency to reduce the risks of water pollution
    • Updates from the Farming blog and industry announcements

Upcoming Events

  • CSF

    CSF East Midlands - Outdoor pigs and grass cover: A sustainable solution for soil and water

    Join CSF, Severn Trent Water, Wolds Farms Ltd and Frontier Agriculture for an insight into the results of o...

    5th Nov 2025
    11:00 - 14:00 (GMT)
    Lady Margaret Hall, Welbeck, Worksop, S80 3NB

  • CSF

    CSF East Midlands - Outdoor pigs and grass cover: A sustainable solution for soil and water

    Join CSF, Severn Trent Water, Wolds Farms Ltd and Frontier Agriculture for an insight into the results of o...

    5th Nov 2025
    11:00 - 14:00 (GMT)
    Lady Margaret Hall, Welbeck, Worksop S80 3NB

  • CSF

    Farming roadshow: support and resilience - Thame

    Join Catchment Sensitive Farming, the Forestry Commission and Natural England for a free workshop.

    6th Nov 2025
    09:30 - 15:00 (GMT)
    Lopemede Farm, Thame Road, Long Crendon OX9 3SH

  • CSF

    East Yorkshire Farm Network – Nutrient Management Masterclass

    Join AHDB, in collaboration with NIAB and Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF), at our upcoming East Yorkshire...

    6th Nov 2025
    09:30 - 13:00 (GMT)
    Bishop Burton College, York Road, Bishop Burton, HU17 8QG

  • CSF

    CSF Yorkshire & Humber - Optimising Ruminant Nutrition - A farmer event with Humber CSF

    Optimising Ruminant Nutrition: Strategies for Sustainable Livestock Health and Productivity.

    11th Nov 2025
    10:00 - 13:00 (GMT)
    Selby Livestock Auction Mart, Unit 4, Bawtry Road, Selby YO8 8NB

  • CSF

    Somerset: Livestock slurry – Your liquid asset

    Join AHDB and Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) for an informative event on Integrated Slurry Management, i...

    11th Nov 2025
    11:00 - 14:30 (GMT)
    Beckington Memorial Hall, Bath Road, Beckington, Somerset BA11 6SF

Webinar Recordings

  • FAS

    Sustainable Farming Incentive Webinar - Mixed Farms

    The Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF) and the Farming Advice Service (FAS) invite you to join Amelia Rome from Andersons and Laura Harpham from Ricardo to examine the new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for 2023, what is available to mixed farms and how to apply for an agreement.
  • FAS

    The farming offer in 2024

    On Friday 26 January the Farming Advice Service hosted a webinar to review the actions and payments available through the Environmental Land Management schemes in 2024. We were joined by Defra Farming and Countryside Director Janet Hughes, the policy lead working on the Sustainable Farming Incentive, Jonathan Marsden and colleagues from the RPA to help explain the offer and answer your questions. This webinar was collaboration with Defra, the RPA and The Farmers Forum and you can view the recording by clicking the link above.
  • FAS

    Discussing the farming offer in 2024, with Amelia Rome and Fraser Hugill

    Following the popular series of Sustainable Farming Incentive Webinars from September 2023, and the recent FAS webinar 'The farming offer in 2024' with Janet Hughes and Jonathan Marsden, FAS partnered with the Ricardo Farming Resilience Fund team to discuss the farming offer in 2024 with Amelia Rome of The Andersons Centre and Fraser Hugill, Yorkshire Farmer and advisor.
  • FAS

    Agroforestry options in 2024

    FAS and James Ramskir-Gardiner, National Agroforestry Advisor at Forestry Commission, offer an update and Q&A on the latest offers for support, funding and the business benefits of incorporating more trees into farm land.

The Farming Advice Service Podcast

Below are the latest episodes from our podcast, select an episode or view all below.

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    Episode 15

    Farm Wildlife and Operation Turtle Dove

    25 mins
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    Episode 14

    Farm Safety Week with Stephanie Berkeley of Yellow Wellies

    24 mins
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    Episode 13

    Q&A from the FAS webinar "The farming offer in 2024, with Janet Hughes and Jonathan Marsden"

    44 mins

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