This year we will be attending:
Groundswell Down to Earth Gillingham & Shaftesbury ShowWe look forward to seeing you there!
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AKC Updates
AKC Updates
Fancy a sing-a-long in aid of a great cause? This year AKC are supporting The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution carol service. An evening of Christmas carols and refreshments at Salisbury Livestock Market.
If you are interested in supporting this brilliant charity, see event details.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Southern Counties Farming and Machinery Show – A brilliant day of meeting new faces, catching up with clients and learning about the latest in high-tech agricultural machinery.
If you missed us yesterday, stay tuned for our launch of next years list of shows we will be attending in 2024!
The funeral of Peter Ridout will be held at the Maryport Street Baptist Chapel in Devizes, where he served as a Deacon for many years, on Friday 8th September 2023 at 11.30 am.
The location of the Chapel is as follows and there are car parks nearby in the centre of Devizes.
Maryport Street Baptist Chapel Maryport Street Devizes Wiltshire United Kingdom SN10 1AH
https://www.maryportstreetbaptist.org.uk
AKC will be at the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show next week on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th August 2023 on Stand C9. If you want to meet some of the team or perhaps have a question about changes in agricultural policy and new environmental land management schemes we will be happy to talk to you. We look forward to seeing you there! Where: Stand C9. Turnpike Showground, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9PL
It is with sadness we record the passing of Peter Ridout on 27th July 2023. Peter had been unwell for some years but throughout this time he retained a positive outlook fighting illness with typical resolve. He will be greatly missed by all at AKC as well as by the many clients and friends made by him over a long career in the farm advisory industry.
Peter joined Denis Carter and AKC in 1973 and had been with the firm for almost 50 years. He became a Partner in AKC in 1998.
Dedicated and hard working Peter often went above and beyond the call of duty in supporting his clients with a personal service. An exceptional professional with a wealth of knowledge of the industry, Pet…
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We are delighted to introduce to you the newest member of our team, Adam Langford, who will be our first agri-environmental consultant.
His background and skillset will enable us to provide our clients with additional services, by offering environmental assessments and ecological surveys. Adam will be providing specialist follow up work under the Future Farming Resilience Fund and will help to support all our clients in their transition to working with new land-based schemes.
Adam originally lived in Kent, and has been working for Natural England, following his postgraduate study in Wildlife Conservation. He also has spent time working on fruit farms in the Southeast, in addition to deliv…
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AKC are supporting the Wiltshire Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute beef dinner on the 25th May
If you are interested in supporting this worthwhile farming charity, see event details.
Got a question? Come visit us Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show!
This year, AKC will be exhibiting at the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show on the 16th and 17th August.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Location: Turnpike Showground, Motcombe, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9PL
Countryside Stewardship: Increased payments for farmers protecting and enhancing the environment.
Following a review, DEFRA have announced increased payments to farmers protecting and enhancing nature. This includes Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive Schemes.
Farmers with a Countryside Stewardship agreement (both existing and new) will see an average 10% revenue increase and for those businesses entering in to new capital schemes, capital payments will increase on average by 48%.
Sustainable Farming Incentive Payments will also increase to include a management payment for the first 50 hectares of £20/ha.
For more information, …
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