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Future Farming Resilience Fund
Following on from the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) announcement, of the Agricultural Transition and the phasing out of subsidy payments to landowners and land managers. As a result DEFRA have offered support to business who are in receipt of the Basic Payment scheme (BPS) to help adjust to the transition. Part […]
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Spring Webinar
Wilson Wraight 2022 Spring Webinar “The Challenge of Change” DATE: Wednesday 27th April TIME: 8.30 – 10.30am WHERE: Online – WebEx COST: FREE CHAIR: Grace O’Dwyer – HSBC SPEAKERS: Will Mitcham – Wilson Wraight – Partner Dan Hewett – Wilson Wraight – Head of Planning Marianne Willemsen – Wilson Wraight – Consultant Rebecca Smith […]
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Woodland Creation
If you plan to create a woodland in England, then you may be eligible for the following grants from the Forestry Commission: Woodland Creation Planning Grant – This helps to pay for advice and guidance to enable a higher success in gaining approval and grant funding for the project as it ensures compliance with […]
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Next phase of ELM rollout; Local Nature Recovery (LNR) and Landscape Recovery (LR)
The Secretary of State has announced the next phase of the ELM rollout focusing on Local Nature Recovery (LNR) and Landscape Recovery (LR). LNR is the improved and more ambitious successor to the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS). It will pay for locally targeted actions to make space for nature in the farmed landscape and the […]
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is the first of three schemes under the new Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs). Information about how farmers will receive funding to produce public goods, such as a water quality, biodiversity, animal health and welfare and climate change mitigation have now become available. However, as the scheme proceeds, further standards […]
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Susan Doogan joins Wilson Wraight as Business Manager
Wilson Wraight are delighted to announce the appointment of Susan Doogan as Business Manager. Susan will work closely with the partners in the leadership, management, and day to day operations of the business. Susan joins Wilson Wraight with over twenty years of experience in business development with a proven track record for strategy development and […]
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COP26 – Relationship between climate and agriculture
Research assistant Lachland McKessar reports. Climate Change and Agriculture At present, food production and associated land use change accounts for about a third of all GHG emissions globally. It is also the largest driver of deforestation, habitat destruction and biodiversity loss. Climate change presents a number of direct threats to farmers, including acidification […]
ReadWelcome back Marianne!
We are delighted to announce that following on from her placement with us in 2019/2020 and graduating from Harper Adams University in summer 2021, Marianne Willemsen has returned to Wilson Wraight as our newly appointed Consultant. Marianne commented, “I am very excited to be returning to Wilson Wraight after completing my studies in Agri-Business […]
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Red Tractor Standards Revised
The UK’s largest and most comprehensive food assurance scheme, Red Tractor (RT), has recently revised its farm standards following a consultation held amongst some 46,000 members along with the entire food supply chain. The new standards are set to take effect from November this year and aim to streamline the existing standards and comply with […]
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Sugar Beet 2022 – latest news
British Sugar and the NFU have announced the new sugar beet contract price for the 2022 season. The headline details: Price 1 year £27.00 per adj. tonne No market linked bonus Local premium Futures-linked variable price contract Virus Yellow crop assurance scheme For existing 3-year contracts, an improved price is on offer of £25 […]
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