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Livestock

The Farming Advice Service supports livestock farmers in staying up to date with industry requirements and signposts support and guidance available through government and industry services.

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On this page you will find FAS content related to livestock including:

  • Animal housing and handling
  • Animal nutrition
  • Animal health and welfare
  • Record keeping 
  • Available Government support and grants 

Technical Articles

Newsletters

  • Front page of FAS August 2024 newsletter

    Issue 102

    • Defra Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024
    • Understanding the Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 annual declaration
    • Update on Sustainable Farming Incentive and Defra’s agri-environment schemes
    • Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF): On farm climate strategies and Working with a beef farm example
    • Trees on farms: Trees on farms: Agroforestry Plan and Eight toothed spruce bark beetle tree pest found on new species for the first time
  • Newsletter front page with contact details

    Issue 101

    • Ditch maintenance
    • Trees on farms: New resources on Woodland Carbon, Tree Health Pilot and Felling trees on your farm
    • How Catchment Sensitive Farming and the Environment Agency work in partnership to support farmers
    • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) regulations: getting permission to make changes to your land
    • Environment Agency urges farmers to start preparations for winter slurry storage
  • June newsletter crop page crop field

    Issue 100

    • Farm Safety Week 2024 22–26 July
    • Hedgerow management rules: cutting and trimming – exemptions when sowing oilseed rape or temporary grass in August
    • LEAF Open Farm Sunday: Bringing farming to the fore
    • Trees on farms – Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) Warning and Join the Forestry Commission to help keep our trees and the countryside healthy
    • Latest SFI opportunities for farmers
  • May newsletter front page farm road and stone wall

    Issue 99

    • Directory of farmer support organisations – here to help the farming community
    • New technical articles available on the FAS website: Soil health in UK farming
    • Expanding the Sustainable Farming Incentive Offer
    • The Management of Hedgerows Regulations 2024
    • Trees on farms: Five benefits of planting trees on less productive land / Do you know how to spot ash dieback on your land?

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
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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

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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