The Grand Final for the 2023 Young Horticulturist of the Year Competition took place on Saturday 6th May at the prestige Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The college is one of the old colleges, founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to...
Growers will be able to apply for a Water Management grant in a few weeks’ time. More information is available at Water Management grants: get ready for round 2 – Farming (blog.gov.uk) . The grant which will open for applications in Mid-April covers...
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has opened its Call for Evidence (CfE) for the Shortage Occupation List (SOL) Review to understand sector views on the roles that are being filled by migrant workers, the salaries they are paid and implications of potential...
The UK Government recently published its Net Zero Growth Plan, which outlines how the UK will further its efforts towards net zero by 2050. The Plan includes more detail on support for farmers to calculate and reduce on farm emissions. The headline publication...
Defra recently published the Nature markets: A framework for scaling up private investment in nature recovery and sustainable farming and the new Green Finance Strategy set out how farmers/growers can access payments from both the public and private sector for the...
