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Newsletters

  • FAS March 2025 Front Page

    Issue 109

    • Update on the Sustainable Farming Incentive
    • FAS Webinar: Making the most of your SFI agreement
    • Public Rights of Way: Farmers/Land managers Responsibilities
    • Animal Health and Welfare Pathway
    • How CSF and the EA worked in partnership to support a Sussex cattle & sheep farm
    • Water abstraction: Winter & all year water abstraction returns
    • Initial prospects for irrigation- forecast for 2025
  • White faced new born Lleyn lambs with ewes on a farm at lambing time, UK

    Issue 108

    • CSF Events in March
    • FAS Webinars in March
    • Government announces range of new policies to boost profits for farmers at NFU Conference 2025
    • Hedgerows consultation on RPA’s regulatory approach: results published
    • On-farm advice for your business and the environment
    • EA Compliance Case Study - How a small dairy farm in Cheshire improved their slurry storage
    • Trees on farm – 5 tips for Environmental Land Management in-field agroforestry applications
    • Introduction to Environment Agency Reservoir Regulation Team
  • FAS January Frontpage

    Issue 107

    • Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) advice on better slurry management
    • CSF Events in February & March
    • Livestock Movements
    • Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) closed period reminders
    • Environment Agency Case Study - Working together to mitigate the risks of agricultural diffuse pollution in East Anglia
    • Big Farmland Bird Count 2025: 7-23 February – listen to our latest podcast with the RSPB 
    • Upper & Bedford Ouse Catchment Partnership - Farm Business Resilience Event 2025
    • Trees on farm – Support available for integrating Agroforestry with traditional farming
    • Proposed changes to future irrigation prospects reports 
  • FAS Newsletter front page

    Issue 106

    • Remember to submit your annual sheep and goat inventory
    • Succession Planning in Agriculture – starting the conversation.
    • Trees on farm – Trees Outside Woodland research programme & Tree Health Pilot funding support for ash dieback 
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements
  • FAS Newsletter front page

    Issue 105

    • Join CSF, Agronomist Andrew Wells and Farmer John Charles-Jones for a look at Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) options and agronomy.
    • Sustainable Farming Incentive - rotational actions declaration
    • Update on Capital Grants
    • Support Available to Farmers – Farming Community Network
    • Trees on farm – National Tree Week
    • Environment Agency Case Study – Reducing Soil Erosion at Bigenor Farm
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements
  • FAS October 24 Newsletter Front page - Pumpkins in a field

    Issue 104

    • September / October webinar recordings now available: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 (Defra) & How FAS and Catchment Sensitive Farming can support your farm business
    • Environment Agency is helping to investigate ammonia emissions in the Glens river catchment – a case study
    • EA Resources are now available on the FAS website: Agriculture regulation guide booklet; Harvesting Success & Winter Ready campaign FAQ
    • Trees on farm: Integrating trees into your livestock business, Funding extended to help fell diseased trees & Registering with the Woodland Carbon Code
  • FAS Newsletter front page

    Issue 103

    • Catchment Sensitive Farming joins FAS
    • How FAS and Catchment Sensitive Farming can support your farm business - new webinar
    • Right to work – Guidance from the Home Office
    • Farming Resilience Fund closes soon – See what’s available
    • A reminder from the Environment Agency for farmers to start preparations for winter slurry storage
    • Trees on farm: Update on changes to the England Woodland Creation Offer & New TreeAlert dashboard
  • Front page of FAS August 2024 newsletter

    Issue 102

    • Defra Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024
    • Understanding the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 annual declaration
    • Update on Sustainable Farming Incentive and Defra’s agri-environment schemes
    • Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF): On farm climate strategies and Working with a beef farm example
    • Trees on farms: Trees on farms: Agroforestry Plan and Eight toothed spruce bark beetle tree pest found on new species for the first time
  • Newsletter front page with contact details

    Issue 101

    • Ditch maintenance
    • Trees on farms: New resources on Woodland Carbon, Tree Health Pilot and Felling trees on your farm
    • How Catchment Sensitive Farming and the Environment Agency work in partnership to support farmers
    • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) regulations: getting permission to make changes to your land
    • Environment Agency urges farmers to start preparations for winter slurry storage
  • June newsletter crop page crop field

    Issue 100

    • Farm Safety Week 2024 22–26 July
    • Hedgerow management rules: cutting and trimming – exemptions when sowing oilseed rape or temporary grass in August
    • LEAF Open Farm Sunday: Bringing farming to the fore
    • Trees on farms – Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) Warning and Join the Forestry Commission to help keep our trees and the countryside healthy
    • Latest SFI opportunities for farmers
  • May newsletter front page farm road and stone wall

    Issue 99

    • Directory of farmer support organisations – here to help the farming community
    • New technical articles available on the FAS website: Soil health in UK farming
    • Expanding the Sustainable Farming Incentive Offer
    • The Management of Hedgerows Regulations 2024
    • Trees on farms: Five benefits of planting trees on less productive land / Do you know how to spot ash dieback on your land?
  • April newsletter front page -crop field

    Issue 98

    • New technical articles available on the FAS website: Animal Welfare Compliance Requirements for Farmers
    • Managing livestock and public access
    • Trees on farms: Spring management tips and the eighth Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction
    • Water and agriculture: Support for Farmers/Land Managers, Water Rights trading and Local Resource Option screening study reminder

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