Farming Rules for Water: an update was provided to clarify the recent changes on manure spreading and use of fertilisers, which will be supported through new slurry storage grants.Farming Innovation Programme: a further £20.5 million in research and development (R&D) grants were made available to launch two new products aimed at boosting productivity.Sustainable Farming Incentive 2022: further details were announced on guidance, including steps aimed at bringing about more sustainable fertiliser technologies.Changes to urea usage: a delay to the proposed changes in use of urea fertiliser to help farmers manage costs.On Wednesday 30 March 2022, Defra announced a new package of support for farmers ahead of the coming growing season. The FETF provides investment towards specific items of equipment which will improve productivity and efficiency for farming, horticultural and forestry businesses. Landscape Recovery supports landowners and managers to take a large-scale, long-term approach to producing environmental and climate goods on their land.ĭefra awarded 4,376 Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) Grant Funding Agreements (GFAs) totalling over £48.5 million on the 22 February 2022. The application window for the first round of Landscape Recovery pilot projects opened on the 1 February. This grant paid for some of the costs for either slurry treatment equipment or robotics and innovation equipment. The programme was extended and closes for applications in 2024.Īpplications opened for the Improving Farm Productivity grant on the 19 January 2022. On the 18 January 2022, the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme moved to a rolling application window and is now open.
On the 14 January 2022, Defra announced the extension of the second phase of the Future Farming Resilience Fund until September 2022. On the 7 January 2022, Defra announced at the Oxford Farming Conference that on average, Countryside Stewardship would increase by around 30% and also unveiled the next stages of plans to restore up to 300,000 hectares of habitat across England, sharing details on the Landscape Recovery programme.
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