NADIS have produced a new series of free webinars relating to livestock health.
These can be viewed on their website here.
Agricultural Policy
AHDB are running a number of online seminars during strategic farm week 2020 which will run from 1st to 5th June.
Webinars, discussions and resources will be conducted by industry experts and researchers. The first half of the week will cover harvesting and crop development, moving towards soil management during the latter half.
More information on the events and how to sign up can be found here. All of the resources will be recorded and will be available to watch afterwards.
A blowfly risk alert has been launched again by NADIS in collaboration with Elanco. The risk alert helps farmers keep up-to-date with the blowfly challenge across the season.
Farmers can report a case of strike on the blowfly tracker to help others be aware of the risk in their local area and across the country. The tracker can be found here.
The AHDB Planting and Variety Survey is now available to fill in online. The survey provides an estimated area of cereals and oilseed rape that will be harvested across the UK in 2020.
Providing your area harvested in 2019 and estimated harvest area for 2020 will provide an insight into how certain varieties of cereals and rape have coped during the wet winter and autumn of 2019.
The results will be made available on the AHDB website in July.
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| SAF Deadline Extension |
The SAF deadline has now been extended to 15th June 2020 and all subsequent deadlines which follow will also be extended by a month, including for submitting supporting evidence. |
15 June 2020 |
| BPS Greening Requirements |
The three crop rule crop diversification requirements for the 2020 BPS year will no longer apply. Seed receipts need not be submitted however Ecological Focus Area requirements remain in place. The system cannot be changed at this late date to stop warnings appearing on the SAF when the three crop rule is not met - a message will therefore appear and can be ignored. |
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| Glastir Small Grants: Landscape and Pollinators |
Due to the covid pandemic, RPW have confirmed that the deadline for Glastir Small Grants: Landscape and Pollinators capital works has been extended to 30 September 2020 so that work can be conducted in September after the hedge cutting closed period. |
30 September 2020 |
| Glastir Woodland Creation (GWC) |
The 9th Expression of Interest window is now open for the GWC scheme. |
12 June 2020 |
| Farming Connect Funding for Training Application Window |
The next funding application for training are open and will close on 26 June 2020. Those registering for the first time in order to apply for a funded training course or update their account details should contact Farming Connect before 5pm on 22 June 2020. |
26th June 2020 |
| Dŵr Cymru Pesticide Scheme |
Dŵr Cymru have relaunched their free and confidential Pesticide Disposal Scheme for farmers, growers, gamekeepers, foresters and land managers to safely dispose of any wanted or out of date pesticides and herbicides. |
Extended to 29 May 2020 |