Countryside Stewardship applications are open. Both higher and mid-tier agreements are available. With 250 actions farm businesses can take there is something for every farmer. Find out how to apply: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countryside-stewardship-get-funding-to-protect-and-improve-the-land-you-manage | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

🌾 We’ve listened to farmers and have extended the Countryside Stewardship deadline. The scheme pays farmers for environmental work alongside: 🍎 sustainable food production 🐰 restoring wildlife habitats 🌲 managing woodlands 🌊 mitigating flood risks. Apply until 15 September 2023. Find out more ⬇️ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/deadline-for-countryside-stewardship-applications-extended | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

🌱 Local Nature Recovery will go further than Countryside Stewardship to help make space for nature in farmed landscapes. Get paid for ambitious projects - from enhancing wildlife and wetland habitats to planting trees: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-nature-recovery-more-information-on-how-the-scheme-will-work #FutureFarming #OFC22 | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Congratulations to young farmers Billy Taylor and Alice King, tenants of our Hampshire County Farms estates in Kings Worthy, Winchester, who made it as one of the top three finalists in the BBC Countryfile Young Countryside Champion Awards 🏆 Their enterprise and innovation running the 100-acre Copse Farm got them in the spotlight on last night's national television. While they might not have claimed the top spot, making it this far is an achievement itself, and we're incredibly proud of their e