On Friday the RPA announced that a fund of £8.5 million has been made available for small English dairy farmers. Eligible farmers who apply will receive a one-off payment.
On the 23 February 2017 HS2 received Royal Assent for Phase 1 from London to Birmingham. The new Bill will grant the powers to build Phase 1 of the HS2 network.
Rostons, Chartered Surveyors and Agricultural Valuers in Cheshire, are pleased to launch to the market Ling Farm and part of Cottage Farm in Nottinghamshire.
Grant funding is now available through the Growth Programme for Business Development, Food Processing and Rural Tourism projects in England. Across these three areas, a total fund of £1,318,000 has been allocated for the Cheshire and Warrington area.
It is likely that hedgerow and boundaries capital grants will be launched in the next few weeks, with the closing date expected to be 30th April, the same as last year. It is hoped that applications will be able to be submitted online via the Rural Payments service.
Following the recent announcement with regard to HS2 Phase 2B (Crewe to Manchester), HS2 Ltd are now aiming to deposit the Phase 2B Hybrid Bill in Parliament in 2019 with the aim to have Royal Assent granted by the end of 2022 and this will allow construction to begin in 2026.
It may not come as a shock to many that the Oxford Farming Conference has recently announced some interesting proposals for the world ahead of us post Brexit.
It has been announced by the Welsh Government that a £40m scheme will be available to farmers to help them reduce their carbon emissions and to improve their resilience and competitiveness.
