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Funding & Support

The Farming Advice Service helps farmers navigate the range of grants and schemes to support increased productivity and managing land to benefit the environment and rural areas. We also highlight support available for business resilience, on-farm safety and physical and mental wellbeing.

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On this page you will find FAS content and updates on the funding and support available to farmers and land managers.

  • Managing land to benefit the environment, including protected species and habitats
  • Investing in equipment, technology and infrastructure to increase productivity
  • Improving water quality and air quality, and reducing flood risk
  • Improving animal health and welfare
  • Creating or improving trees and woodland
  • Business planning for resilience
  • Farm safety and wellbeing

Across England, farming has moved away from the European Union’s (EU) Common Agricultural Policy and to Environmental Land Management Schemes instead. Direct payments have been replaced by delinked payments and with this ending in 2027, the released funds are being redirected into new schemes including the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) and Countryside Stewardship (CS). 
Whilst not all schemes will be relevant for all farming types, it is important to keep up-to-date with what is available to ensure no opportunities are missed.

Useful Links:
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)
Capital Grants
Countryside Stewardship: Higher Tier
Farming Resilience Fund
Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF)

Technical Articles

Newsletters

  • November 2025 Front Page

    Issue 118

    • FAS availability in December
    • Key dates to be aware of
    • Looking ahead to 2026
    • Remember to submit your Sheep and Goat inventory
    • Agricultural Machinery Emissions – Scoping Research and Decarbonisation Options Assessment
    • FAS Webinars
    • Talking Farming in 2026
    • Tax is Changing in April 2026 – Act Now
    • Modernising Reservoir Safety: Consultation Launching in 2026 
    • Publication of LRO Methodology
    • Reminder - abstraction licence renewal applications
    • Updates from the Farming blog and industry announcements
      • Plans for cleaner air and water with new Environment Improvement Plan and £500m for Landscape Recovery
      • £500m for Landscape Recovery Projects
      • Consultation on Environmental Permits
      • Combinable Crops Contracts - Have Your Say
      • Livestock disease guidance
      • Bird flu (avian influenza): latest situation in England
      • Bluetongue: latest situation
    • Rural Payments Agency Updates and Guidance
      • RPA Helpline opening hours over the Christmas period.
      • Countryside Stewardship (CS) and Environmental Stewardship (ES) update
      • Extreme weather guidance
      • Get ready for your farm visit with RPA's video guides
      • Rural Payments Agency Blog
    • Stay up to date with us
    • How can we help you? 
  • November 2025 Front Page

    Issue 117

    • FAS Webinars
    • Budget 2025 update on agricultural property relief
    • RPA to start making Countryside Stewardship (CS), Environmental Stewardship (ES) and Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) payments from December
    • News from the CSF Team: How a Dorset dairy farm improved its slurry storage capacity
    • Meet the EA's Agricultural Remote Sensing Team
    • Will there be a drought next year? Environment Agency publishes Winter Refill Prospects report including forward-look to Spring 2026.
    • Tree on Farm - Forestry commission CSHT webinars
    • Rural Payments Agency Guidance
    • - SFI Annual Declaration
    • - SFI Rotational Actions Declaration
    • - Get ready for your farm visit with RPA's video guides
    • - Beware of fraud
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements
  • FAS Newsletter October 2025 Front Page

    Issue 116

    • Book now: Farming Advice Service Webinar - Improving Water Resilience on Farm
    • Animal Movement Rules - a Reminder
    • Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements extended to support sustainable farming and nature recovery
    • Simplifying Payments with GOV.UK Pay
    • EA Case Study: SSAFO improvements at a large Lincolnshire beef unit
    • Summer Water Abstraction Returns
    • Water Abstraction Alerts
    • Have your say in reforming reservoir regulation
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements
  • FAS Newsletter September 2025

    Issue 115

    • How to contact your local Catchment Sensitive Farming Team
    • How a Somerset dairy farm tackled challenges with slurry storage and silage clamp issues
    • An update on Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) and the Farming and Countryside Programme’s (FCP) annual report
    • Celebrating Young Farmers Week 6-10 October
    • New restrictions for burning on all England upland peat deeper than 30cm, unless subject to a license
    • £12 million to turn brilliant ideas into farm technology
    • Improved TB mapping tool ibTB gives farmers more certainty about disease risks when purchasing cattle
    • Innovate UK BridgeAI: free in-person workshops and online webinars
    • Updates from the Defra Farming blog and industry announcements

Podcast

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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

Upcoming Events

  • CSF

    CSF Anglia - Farm Business Update 2026 - Marford Hall, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire

    This series of events will bring you up to date with the latest topical information for the agricultural an...

    13th Jan 2026
    09:15 - 12:20 (GMT)
    Marford Memorial Hall, Marford Road, Wheathampstead, AL4 8AY

    Reserve a spot

  • CSF

    CSF Anglia - Farm Business Update 2026 - Wortwell Community Centre, Norfolk

    This series of events will bring you up to date with the latest topical information for the agricultural an...

    20th Jan 2026
    09:15 - 12:20 (GMT)
    Wortwell Community Centre Tunbeck Close Wortwell IP20 0HS

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  • CSF

    CSF Anglia - Farm Business Update 2026 - Dereham Football Club, Norfolk

    This series of events will bring you up to date with the latest topical information for the agricultural an...

    21st Jan 2026
    09:15 - 12:20 (GMT)
    Dereham Town Football Club, Norwich Road, Dereham, NR20 3PX

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Webinar Recordings

  • FAS

    Farm Finance Planning in 2026

    Hosted by the Farming Advice Service with presenter Kev Bevan, farm advisor and agricultural economist, this webinar includes a session introducing approaches to cash flow budgeting and tools for farm accounting, an update on Making Tax Digital for 2026, and a look at the Farming Toolkit for Assessing Nature Market Opportunities.
  • FAS

    Improving Water Resilience on Farm

    Improving Water Resilience on Farm – supporting farmers in England to reduce their vulnerability to future climate and water risks A free online event, delivered by Jerry Knox (Professor of Agricultural Water Management at Cranfield University) focused on the importance of water management on farm, the key challenges facing the sector, and approaches to help farmers understand risks and develop strategies to reduce their vulnerability to future water and climate shocks. Supported by CSF
  • FAS

    Making the most of your SFI agreement

    Join the Farming Advice Service, Briony Burge of Creedy Associates and Fraser Hugill, Yorkshire farmer and advisor, for this webinar on lessons learned from the SFI offer so far, and making the most of your options.

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