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SFI: Where are we now?
Harper Adams University Student Placement Consultant, Rosie Thornton attended the SFI clinic hosted by Frontier and Kings Seeds recently. Her takeaways from this interesting morning are as follows: Background Information 3-year agreements which can be amended every 12 months. Quarterly payments. Lots of assessments are being done via satellite. SFI vs. Countryside Stewardship SFI is […]
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What is the farm for? IAgrM National Farm Management Conference returns
The annual National Farm Management Conference, organised by The Institute of Agricultural Management (IAgrM), is returning to the QEII Centre in London on Tuesday 7 November, 2023. With the intriguing theme: ‘What is the farm for? Technology v Tradition: The Future of Agricultural & Environmental Management,’ this year’s conference promises to take a deep dive […]
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Wilson Wraight Autumn Webinar 2023: Has the landscape of UK Agriculture changed?
Wilson Wraight’s Annual Webinar, this year is falling in Autumn and tackles the challenges currently facing UK Agriculture. The format of the morning is Chairman’s introduction – Nick Banks, from Scrutton Bland How has the landscape of UK Agriculture changed, a consultants viewpoint – Rachel Bush and Rachel Brooks How has the landscape of UK Agriculture […]
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The Day In The Life Of A Farming Consultant
In the first of our blogs on life at Wilson Wraight, we are concentrating on the original role here, the Farming Consultant. My name is Tom Bart, I am a farming consultant at Wilson Wraight and have been since May 2022. If I don’t have any meetings planned for the beginning of the […]
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Welcome to our 2023/2024 Scholarship Students
Wilson Wraight has supported the Harper Adams University Scholarship Programme since 2014. So far, we have had thirteen talented and exciting students through the doors. Alongside a contribution to assist with costs, we offer a full year of employment experience, which offers students the chance to fully immerse themselves in the work life of an […]
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Government’s Plan for Water: The Water Management Grant (Round 2)
Tash McDonagh, one of our Harper Adams Placement Students has taken time to summarise the latest round of the Government’s Plan for Water as follows – The Government released their Plan for Water document on the 4th April 2023, this document sets out how they plan to achieve their water security goals in the […]
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Reasons to Visit Wilson Wraight at Cereals 2023: BNG, Capital Grants and SFI
With the ever-increasing move towards environmentally sympathetic farming, Wilson Wraight are on hand to provide advice to help achieve this. Three areas which are of great importance are Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), Capital Grants and Environmental Land Management (ELM). Biodiversity Net Gain is a scheme to ensure that future development of land has a […]
ReadReasons to Visit Wilson Wraight at Cereals 2023: FFRF
Wilson Wraight are one of the providers under the DEFRA supported Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF). The scheme is designed to help farmers and landowners understand the impact of the phasing out of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), which will end after the 2027 scheme year, and what and how they may need to adapt […]
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Farming Equipment and Technology Fund 2023
Our Harper Adams Student Consultant, Emily Salisbury kindly reviewed the takeaway moments from the DEFRA webinar that ran yesterday, Tuesday 28th February. There are two strands of funding available: The Farming Transformation Fund Supports larger transformational projects. Intention to launch a water improvement grant in the Spring 2023. Support on-farm reservoirs. Support the […]
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ELM Meeting Update
Our Environment Consultant George Atkin attended the ELM Meeting and has some updates from DEFRA on where they are going as the scheme develops. DEFRA want to regularly review and ratchet up ambition to deliver targets in the environment act “more ambition over time”. The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will be placed as a […]
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