Farming events and webinars
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Future farming resilience events
What to expect
These events run under the Defra Future Farming Resilience Fund, are designed to provide targeted and specialist resilience support to farmers and land managers. They are particularly designed for organic, low input and in-conversion farms, though all farmers and land owners are welcome.
Farms that straddle borders with Wales and Scotland are eligible to take part, as long as they have some land in England.
In these sessions, you'll learn about:
Impact on your farm business
- the effect the latest changes will have on current scheme holders and payments;
- the impact of reductions to direct payments on your business;
- planning and adapting your business to make the most of what's on offer.
Detail of ELMs, CS and SFI
- what the components of ELMs (Environmental Land Management scheme) are, and how they will best reward organic and low input farmers;
- how you can make the best use of Countryside Stewardship (CS) and the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).
Questions welcome!
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Final webinars:
Funding support for healthy trees and hedges
Wednesday 20 November, 6-7.15pm
Join our agroforestry advisor, Jon Haines, and guest speaker, Nigel Adams.
Topics covered include:
- Practical implications of schemes for woodland hedges and agroforestry systems
- Adopting agroforestry within SFI and Countryside Stewardship schemes
- recording hedges for CHRW1
- capital support for tree and hedgerow planting
- What to consider when applying for new schemes
Update on farming support payments
Wednesday 18 December, 6pm to 7.15pm
A webinar for organic, low input and in-conversion farms to highlight changes in farming support payments.
Future proof your farm: support and resources
Recorded webinars:
Updates from our farming advisors:
- Budget special, November 2024
- Summer SFI update, August 2024
- SFI expanded offer, May 2024
- Horticulture enterprises and SFI, April 2024
- SFI update, March 2024
- Changes to SFI, January 2024
Find out more about how to navigate the changes in farming support and payments. Information covers:
- why choose us
- what we're offering
- Defra resources
- environmental calculators
- mental health support
You can also email us at ffr@soilassociation.org.
Planning for Change
Using Whole Farm Plans to build farm resilience
Thurs 21 November, 10.30am-2.30pm
Lumphinnans Farm, Lumphinnans KY4 8AA, Scotland
Join us at Lumphinnans Farm, Fife to explore Whole Farm Planning and how you can use the framework to boost the resilience of your business.
Exploring the Barriers and Levers to Agroecology
Tues 26 Nov, 11-12.30 online (UK time)
We all know that climate-smart, nature-based farming should be the norm across the UK and Europe, for the environment, wildlife and long-term farm resilience. So what’s helping this ambition, and what's hindering it?
This online roadshow – part of our work with the EU project Agroecology-TRANSECT – lifts the lid on what’s working, what’s challenging and what needs to be done to scale these farming practices up and out. We’ll hear hot-off-the-press research, plus real-life experiences of those transforming our agricultural systems, working at three of the project’s ‘innovation hubs’, based in Slovenia, Spain and the Netherlands.
Innovative Farmers events
No events coming up, but they often do, so please check back here or on the Innovative Farmers website
Find out more about Innovative Farmers.
Past events to watch again
The Agroforestry Show 2023: links to audio recordings of all sessions. Find out more about the show on the Agroforestry Show website.
Groundswell 2023: links to recordings of our sessions and panel discussions.
Agroforestry carbon code: find out more, and scroll to the end of the page to see our recent event.
Agroecotech conference: watch our recent event on YouTube
Integrated pest management: watch these case study videos, showcasing participants of the Farming the Future programme with Nature Friendly Farming Network, RSPB, Pesticide Action Network and CoFarm Foundation on the Agricology website.
