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  • FAS October 24 Newsletter Front page - Pumpkins in a field

    Issue 104

    • September / October webinar recordings now available: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 (Defra) & How FAS and Catchment Sensitive Farming can support your farm business
    • Environment Agency is helping to investigate ammonia emissions in the Glens river catchment – a case study
    • EA Resources are now available on the FAS website: Agriculture regulation guide booklet; Harvesting Success & Winter Ready campaign FAQ
    • Trees on farm: Integrating trees into your livestock business, Funding extended to help fell diseased trees & Registering with the Woodland Carbon Code
  • FAS Newsletter front page

    Issue 103

    • Catchment Sensitive Farming joins FAS
    • How FAS and Catchment Sensitive Farming can support your farm business - new webinar
    • Right to work – Guidance from the Home Office
    • Farming Resilience Fund closes soon – See what’s available
    • A reminder from the Environment Agency for farmers to start preparations for winter slurry storage
    • Trees on farm: Update on changes to the England Woodland Creation Offer & New TreeAlert dashboard
  • 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?
  • April newsletter front page -crop field

    Issue 98

    • New technical articles available on the FAS website: Animal Welfare Compliance Requirements for Farmers
    • Managing livestock and public access
    • Trees on farms: Spring management tips and the eighth Woodland Carbon Guarantee auction
    • Water and agriculture: Support for Farmers/Land Managers, Water Rights trading and Local Resource Option screening study reminder
  • March newsletter front page lambs in field

    Issue 97

    • Future of hedgerow protections
    • Farming Equipment and Technology Fund now open
    • Water abstraction licence reminder and Local Resource Option (LRO) screening studies
    • Trees on farms – England Woodland Creation Offer Payment Increase and Ips Typographys Monitoring Study for Spruce Trees
  • February front page - cattle housing

    Issue 96

    • Farming for the Future: Sector Specific Countryside Stewardship and Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) Webinar Series
    • Capital Grants and Farming Investment Fund in 2024
    • Bluetongue virus – Guidance for farmers
    • Water abstraction – Irrigation prospects and abstraction licences
    • Trees on Farms – Put Down Roots campaign
  • January front page Snowy farm track

    Issue 95

    • Agricultural Transition – January update
    • Sustainable Farming Incentive update
    • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) regulations: improved guidance on getting permission to make changes to your land
    • Recent rise in Schmallenberg virus infection causing birth defects in lambs and calves
    • Trees on Farms New Agroforestry Payments & Tree Planting Webinar
  • December front page- snowy stone wall

    Issue 94

    • Improvements on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) (Agriculture) regulation guidance – coming January 2024
    • Farming regulation from the New Year
    • Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) risk map reminder
    • Trees on Farms: New digital tool, government woodland access plan and Trees and Forestry Tax Guidance refresh
    • Slurry Infrastructure Grant – Round 2 now open / Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) advice on better slurry management
  • November front page- sheep on hillside

    Issue 93

    • Cross Compliance ends in England on 31 December 2023, but farming and land management regulations still apply
    • Manure storage – Regulation reminder for the Farming Rules for Water and Nitrate Vulnerable Zones
    • Remember to submit your annual sheep and goat inventory
    • Trees on Farms – National Tree Week: Discover the benefits of tree planting on your farm

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