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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

  • 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

Upcoming Events

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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.

The Farming Advice Service Podcast

Below are the latest episodes from our podcast, select an episode or view all below.

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    Episode 15

    Farm Wildlife and Operation Turtle Dove

    25 mins
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    Episode 14

    Farm Safety Week with Stephanie Berkeley of Yellow Wellies

    24 mins
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    Episode 13

    Q&A from the FAS webinar "The farming offer in 2024, with Janet Hughes and Jonathan Marsden"

    44 mins
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    Episode 12

    Briefing sessions from the FAS webinar "The farming offer in 2024, with Janet Hughes and Jonathan Marsden"

    32 mins

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