Sustainable Farming Incentive – an update
Defra has released further information on the Sustainable Farming Incentive. Here are the headlines.
RABI Charity Auction
Lambert & Foster are proud to be conducting an Auction on behalf of the RABI at the West Kent Shooting School on Friday 25th March.
NOW OPEN: BPS Application & Countryside Revenue Claim Window
The application window for 2022 Basic Payment Scheme claims opened this week. The window will remain open until Monday 16th May. However, it is worth considering your application early to allow time for making any necessary changes from last year.
Agricultural Payments Update
The RPA have provided further detail on two previously announced aspects of the Agricultural Transition – the Lump Sum Exit Scheme and Delinked Payments. Additionally, the 2022 BPS Entitlement Transfer Window and applications for Countryside Stewardship Agreements starting on 1st January 2023 are NOW OPEN.
We will be attending FARM EXPO 2022
We will be attending FARM EXPO 2022 on 2nd March We are attending the 2022 Farm Expo on 2nd March at the Kent Showground. Come
L&F Newsletter – Asset
Welcome to our first edition of Asset magazine in 2022. We hope this year will be less challenging than the last two years. The property market is expected to continue to be strong with Rightmove predicting a further 5% price rise in 2022. We are certainly finding there is still a strong buyer demand.
Farming in Protected Landscapes
The FiPL Grant programme now has a rolling application window. This means that the previously announced deadline for applications of 31st January 2022 no longer applies.
The Lambert & Foster Paddock Wood Half Marathon 2022
The Paddock Wood Half Marathon is back again for 2022! Read all the details here..
Environmental Land Management Scheme & Countryside Stewardship
As part of this week’s Oxford farming Conference, further information has been released by Defra on both ELMS and some good news in respect of the Countryside Stewardship Scheme revenue payment rates.
£110 raised for local Wadhurst charity
Lambert & Foster and Bloomfields are proud to announce that their Christmas Hamper raffle raised £110 for Carillon Cottage, Wadhurst, a local charity.
Agricultural Transition Surgeries
Following announcements by the RPA toward the end of 2021, we now have some clarity in respect of the roadmap for the transition away from the Basic Payment Scheme to the new farm support schemes which make up the Environmental Land Management Scheme.
Agri-environmental Scheme Update
DEFRA have announced how farmers can apply for the first arm of ELMS – the Sustainable Farming Incentive – in 2022. This will mark the start of the full scheme, which will grow incrementally until the full roll out in 2024/2025.
L&F Newsletter – Asset
We were in lockdown at the beginning of the year and, with the rollout of the vaccine, our freedom was gradually returned.
Cranbrook Late Night Shopping
We are delighted to be supporting this year’s late night shopping event in Cranbrook.
Wadhurst Christmas Late Night Shopping
We are delighted to be supporting this year’s late night shopping event in Wadhurst.
The Farming Investment Fund
The long awaited Farming Investment Fund has been launched today. It provides grants to farmers, growers, foresters and related contractors so that they can invest in the equipment, technology and infrstructure they need to improve productivity and enhance the natural environment.
Farming Investment Fund update
For those of you waiting for the launch of the Farming Investment Fund, which was due in October, the RPA has now confirmed that this will now be November.
Basic Payment Scheme 2021 entitlement values
The Rural Payments Agency has published the Basic Payment Scheme 2021 entitlement values. The payment per entitlement/ per hectare will be £233.30.
The Rural Business Awards
Every year the Rural Business Awards travel the country to find the UK’s best rural businesses – from local farmers, food producers, manufacturers, business services and destinations.
Lettings in 2021
Uncertainty has been the key word throughout 2021 and that seems set to remain for at least the start of 2022.
Sustainable Farming Incentive: Pilot Update
We understand that DEFRA received 938 applications for the SFI Pilot. They were received from mainly cereals and grazing farms of varying sizes, with some dairy farms and, perhaps as you would expect, only few horticulture, pig and poultry farms.
Farming Innovation Programme: applications open next week
Applications open next week for the first of three funds that will support the research and development of new ideas, technologies and processes in the agricultural and horticultural sectors.
DEFRA’s Strategy for Increased Biodiversity & Healthy Honey Bees
DEFRA’s Strategy for Increased Biodiversity & Healthy Honey Bees DEFRA has published a Healthy Bee Plan for the next decade to increase the honey bee
150 houses in East Kent
We are pleased to report that we have exchanged on a Promotion Agreement with a national promoter on a farming client’s piece of outlying land in East Kent.
L&F Newsletter – Asset
It has been very enjoyable being able to get out again and meet clients, friends and family and this has been particularly evident at the recent run of ploughing matches the firm has attended.
Farming in protected landscapes
Farming in Protected Landscapes or FiLP is a grant programme funded by DEFRA but administered by the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and National Parks across England, offering funding to farmers and land managers with land in, or neighbouring, these areas.
DEFRA’s Farming Innovation Programme
Lambert & Foster’s Rural Professional Team has now submitted a number of applications under the first Sustainable Farming Incentive Pilot.
Sustainable Farming Incentive Update
Lambert & Foster’s Rural Professional Team has now submitted a number of applications under the first Sustainable Farming Incentive Pilot.
Benenden Village Fete
Benenden Village Fete Lambert & Foster proudly sponsored the bouncy castles at Benenden village fete on Saturday 18th September. The fete was a huge success,
Weald of Kent Ploughing Match 2021
We were delighted to return to the Weald of Kent ploughing match and it was lovely to see so many people there supporting our amazing farming community.
Laughton & District Ploughing Match 2021
t has been an absolute delight to see the return of ploughing matches after the cancellations last year. An excellent day was spent at Laughton and District Agricultural Society Plough Match.
Grants for the Horticultural Food and Drink Industry
Individual grants of between £50,000 and £250,000 have been made available to Kent and Medway-based horticultural food and drinks businesses by Growing Kent and Medway
Lambert & Foster Paddock Wood Half Marathon 2021
Well done to everyone who ran the Lambert & Foster Half Marathon on what was a very warm day!
L&F Newsletter – Asset
I am pleased to announce that Lambert & Foster and Bloomfields are pushing east into Kent with the opening of our new office at Hillhurst Farm near Hythe. We welcome on board new members of staff as well as more familiar faces that will be working out of the new East Kent Office.
East Kent Ploughing Match – 29th September
Lambert & Foster and Bloomfields are once again proud to be supporting the East Kent Ploughing Match.
Weald of Kent Ploughing Match – 18th September
Weald of Kent Ploughing Match – 18th September Location: Honey Farm, Munday Bois Road, Pluckley, Ashford, TN27 0SU. By kind permission of Mr D Gwillim Lambert
Laughton & District Ploughing Match – 15th September
Laughton & District Ploughing Match – 15th September Location: Stud Farm, Seaford Rd, Newhaven, East Sussex BN9 0EF. By kind permission of James White Lambert &
The 31st Lambert & Foster Paddock Wood Half Marathon
Lambert & Foster and Bloomfields continue their sponsorship of the Paddock Wood Half Marathon which is one of the South East’s leading half marathon events.
We are finalists in The Rural Business Awards!
We are pleased to announce that Lambert & Foster are finalists for the Best Rural Professional Services Business category 2021/22 of The Rural Business Awards.
Changes to energy efficiency regulations for tenanted non-domestic premises
Since April 2018, all privately rented non-domestic properties in England require an Energy Performance Certificate with a banding of E or above before a tenancy can be granted to new or existing tenants.
England Woodland Creation Offer
A new scheme administered by the Forestry Commission to provide financial support and additional financial incentives for the creation of new woodland.
Farming in Protected Landscapes programme
For those clients farming in one of the South East’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty or the South Downs National Park, this new Defra-funded programme may be of interest.
Sustainable Farming Incentive Pilot Success!
This week we have been notified that a number of our clients’ expressions of interest to be involved in the Sustainable Farming Incentive Pilot have been successful!
Basic Payment Scheme – Further detail on ‘Lump Sum’ and ‘Delinked’ Payments
DEFRA have announced further details on the ‘Lump Sum Exit Scheme’ and ‘Delinked Payments’ elements of the Agricultural Transition. The announcement is under a Public Consultation so details may change.