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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

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Latest newsletters

  • November 2025 Front Page

    Issue 127

    • Key dates to be aware of
    • Upcoming Events
    • Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 (SFI26) Window 2 budget fully allocated following strong farmer demand
    • Bluetongue: how the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway can support farmers
    • Young Farmers Week 2026
    • Two Part Tariff (TPT) second part charges for year 2025/2026 
    • Nutrient Management Planning Tool update – understand the value of your manure!
    • Efforts to prevent England remaining in drought by next spring
    • Environment Secretary Speech on Back British Farming Day
    • Farmer Collaboration Fund
    • Updates from the Forestry Commission
      • Getting ready for tree planting season
      • From bare field to thriving woodland: the next chapter at Breach Park Farm
      • Planning to planting virtual events
      • National Forestry Conference, 7 October
      • Dry Weather Information
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements
      • £225 million Capital Grants successfully allocated 
      • £13 million to turn farming’s best ideas into real-world tools 
      • Making Tax Digital for Income Tax - published guidance on HMRC sign-ups and exemptions 
      • Remote monitoring to support environmental land management agreements 
    • Rural Payments Agency: Updates and Guidance
      • An update on how the RPA use remote monitoring to support environmental land management agreements
      • Sheep and goat tagging for keepers in England
    • How can we help you?
    • Stay up to date with us
  • FAS Newsletter August 2025

    Issue 126

    • Key dates to be aware of
    • Upcoming Events
    • Temporary adjustments to ELM agreements and new drought funding for farmers
    • How Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier can work for farmers and land managers
    • Woodland creation webinar: helping new trees survive and thrive
    • Wildfire training available
    • Help test the Forestry Commission’s new felling licence service
    • Annual Charge Invoices for Chargeable Abstraction Licence Holders
    • How an EA inspection helped a dairy farm transition to a more sustainable business model
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements
    • Rural Payments Agency: Updates and Guidance
    • How can we help you?
    • Stay up to date with us
  • FAS June 2026

    Issue 125

    • Key dates to be aware of
    • Upcoming Events
    • Capital Grants 2026 offer now open
    • Farm Safety Week
    • Register your interest in Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) agreement for agroforestry or woodland improvement.
    • Farmer Collaboration Fund is launching soon
    • Tripling funding for farmer welfare support
    • Annual Charge Invoices for Chargeable Abstraction Licence Holders
    • Woodland creation webinar: helping new trees survive and thrive
    • Help test the Forestry Commission’s new felling licence service
    • Water licensing availability survey
    • Modernising time limited licence renewal reminders
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements
    • Rural Payments Agency: Updates and Guidance
    • How can we help you?
    • Stay up to date with us

Upcoming Events

  • CSF

    CSF South East and Thames - Farming Roadshow: support and resilience - Waddesdon

    Join farm focused advisors from Catchment Sensitive Farming, the Forestry Commission, Natural England and p...

    10th Nov 2026
    09:30 - 15:30 (GMT)
    Waddesdon Hall, High Street, Waddesdon, HP18 0JE

    Find out more and book your place here.

  • CSF

    CSF South Anglia - The More, the Merrier? What does crop diversity really deliver?

    Farmers are being encouraged to increase diversity across the farm, from broadening rotations, growing spec...

    16th Nov 2026
    09:30 - 14:00 (GMT)
    Church Farm, Ardeley, Stevenage SG2 7AH

    Find out more and book your place here.

  • CSF

    CSF South Anglia - The Climate Resilient Soils Workshop ~ Cambridgeshire

    Join us for an in person workshop to deepen your understanding of soil health and learn how to optimise cro...

    17th Nov 2026
    09:30 - 14:00 (GMT)
    The Steak House - Johnsons of Oldhurst, Church Farm, Church Street, Old Hurst, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3AF

    Find out more and book your place here.

  • CSF

    CSF South East and Thames - Farming Roadshow: support and resilience - East Malling

    Join farm focused advisors from Catchment Sensitive Farming, the Forestry Commission, Natural England and p...

    19th Nov 2026
    09:30 - 13:00 (GMT)
    Niab (Mumford Building), New Road, East Malling, Kent, ME19 6BJ

    Find out more and book your place here.

  • CSF

    CSF East Midlands - Arable Hub - November 2026

    Join CSF, STW, Agronomist Andrew Wells and The Welbeck Estate for a look at Sustainable Farming Incentive 2...

    20th Nov 2026
    10:30 - 15:00 (GMT)
    Lady Margaret Hall, Worksop, Nottinghamshire

    Find out more and book your place here.

  • CSF

    CSF South East and Thames - Farming Clinic: support and resilience - Theale

    Join farm focused advisors from Catchment Sensitive Farming, the Forestry Commission and Natural England fo...

    27th Nov 2026
    09:30 - 15:00 (GMT)
    Theale Village Hall, Englefield Road, Theale, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5AS

    Find out more and book your place here.

Webinar Recordings

  • FAS

    Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer in 2024

    The webinar 'Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer in 2024' was delivered by the Farming Advice Service on behalf of Defra, in partnership with the Farming Forum and supported by the RPA, NE and CSF.
  • FAS

    Sustainable Farming Incentive Webinar - Upland 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 upland farms and how to apply for an agreement.
  • FAS

    Sustainable Farming Incentive Webinar - Grassland 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 grassland farms and how to apply for an agreement.
  • FAS

    Sustainable Farming Incentive Webinar - Arable 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 arable farms and how to apply for an agreement.
  • 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.

Technical Articles

The Farming Advice Service Podcast

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    Episode 14

    Farm Safety Week with Stephanie Berkeley of Yellow Wellies

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    Episode 11

    Get ready for the Big Farmland Bird Count with GWCT

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