Defra has announced the latest list of independent providers who will be offering free business advice to farmers and landowners during the early years of the agricultural transition.
Through the Future Farming Resilience Fund, any farmer or land manager in England who receives BPS (Basic Payment Scheme payments) is eligible to receive free business advice from an independent provider during the early years of the agricultural transition. The final phase of support is now underway and it will run until March 2025. In this phase, 17 known and trusted organisations in the farming community have been funded by Defra to give advice to 32,000 people.
There are various types of support to choose from. For example:
- farm business reviews with recommendations – this is something most providers offer
- access to workshops, webinars and tours
- carbon audits
- benchmarking tools
To find out more visit: Free business advice: latest list of providers – Future Farming (blog.gov.uk)
