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April Update

April 2023

Farming Investment Fund

The farming investment fund is made up of two separate funds and provides grants to improve productivity and bring environmental benefits. These are:

Farming equipment and technology fund (for grants between £1,000 - £25,000) Farming Transformation Fund (for grants between £25,000 and £500,000)

Farming Equipment and Technology Fund – Animal Health and Welfare Items

If you are wishing to apply for grant funded items under the Animal Health and Welfare Scheme the deadline if 15th June 2023. Submit your application online using the Animal Health and Welfare portal here Farming Equipment…

Available grants in 2023

March 2023

2023 Grants

Below is a brief summary of each of the grants available in 2023, which in total is providing £168 million of available funding.

If you require assistance with the following grants and competitions, feel free to contact us on 01380 724687 or email us at info@akcagric.co.uk.

Grants to Support Farming in Protected Landscapes:

Offered through the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme, grants are available to farmers located within Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, National Parks, and the Broads.

These grants are available to support nature recovery, reduce impact of cl…

Basic Payment Scheme application window now open

March 2023

Apply now for 2023 BPS Payments

Applications for 2023 BPS to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) are now open. For this year’s rules and guidance to help you with your BPS application, click here.

Key dates for your diary 2023:

14th March – BPS applications open

15th May – Last day to submit your BPS application

9th June – Last day to make certain changes to your BPS application submitted before midnight on 15th May, without incurring penalties. This is also the deadline for late submissions, which will incur a penalty.

From 2024, RPA plan to start replac…

Animal Health and Welfare Review

February 2023

Interested in receiving a fully funded annual visit from your chosen vet or team of vets?

The Animal Health and Welfare review provides livestock owners the opportunity to receive bespoke advice from a vet of their choice on herd and flock health. Diagnostic testing on endemic diseases are also provided, ensuring the review is completed to each farmer’s specific health and welfare priorities.

To be eligible, your animals must be registered in England, you must be responsible for their welfare, and you must have one of the following:

New round of Farming Equipment and Technology Fund grants opening soon

February 2023

The Farming Equipment and Technology Fund, part of the Farming Investment Fund, provides the opportunity for farmers, foresters, and growers in England to apply for grants on specific items of equipment which help to increase productivity, environmental sustainability and improve animal health and welfare.

Contractors in these sectors can also apply.

Grant funding can range from £1,000 to £25,000 on items from a prescribed list.

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Additional funding available to improve productivity, sustainability & resilience

January 2023

The researcher starter competition will be launched at the end of this month and shall provide farmers, growers, and foresters the opportunity to apply for a share of £850,000 to improve productivity, sustainability, and resilience.

The first round of the competition was launched in October 2021, and it is designed to develop bold, collaborative, and ambitious ideas that help the agricultural sector reach net zero targets. So far, a range of products have been funded, from digital solutions for vineyard planning, to soil benchmarking and automated insect protein for poultry.

The competition is de…

Rural England Prosperity Fund

November 2022

The Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) has been created as a top up to build on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSFP). The Shared Prosperity Fund which was announced earlier this year had already supplied funding of £2.6 billion but has now been topped up by an additional £110 million through the Rural England Prosperity Fund, targeted specifically at rural communities in qualifying local authorities.

Both funds share similar aims and priorities and have been created to lessen the issues faced in rural communities, they will support the aims of the governments ‘Levelling Up’ programme by providing grants for small businesses and community inf…

Grant opportunities to improve productivity, animal health & welfare, water use and sustainable woodlands

Farming Equipment & Technology Fund

November 2021

Details of the new Farming Equipment and Technology have been released and are outlined as follows:

Applications to be submitted by 7th January 2022

Applications will be checked and scored prior to grant funding agreement (GFA) offers are made. You will not automatically get a grant. The grant is expected to be highly competitive, and you are competing against all applications received and scored against the same criteria.

Minimum grant £2,000

Maximum grant £25,000

Once purc…

BPS delinking and lump sum payment update

Basic Payment Scheme - Lump sum payment & exit plus delinking

May 2021

A consultation has been released on the governments proposals for delinking the basic payment scheme and also for taking a lump sum and exiting out of the industry.

If you would like to provide views on the proposals complete the survey here

In summary: Delinking

Direct payments phased out 2021 – 2027

Delink from 2024. After this payments based on a reference period for 2024 - 2027. Reference period likely to be 2018 – 2020.

Progressive reductions will be made to this reference amount. There…

Summer Update

June 2020

Key Dates & Environmental Schemes: Basic Payment Scheme Dates: EFA Fallow retain until 30th June Catch Crops establish by 20th August and retain until 14th October Cover Crops establish by 1st Oct and retain until 15th January Countryside Stewardship:

Mid -Tier…

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