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    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
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    • 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 
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    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

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The Farming Advice Service Podcast

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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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