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Farm Resilience Programme

Tuesday 4th October 2022

Caithness has been very fortunate to be selected as one of the three locations in Scotland to run the Farm…

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2022 BPS Rates Increased

Wednesday 31st August 2022

Increased BPS Rates for 2022 Payments due to start end of September 2022 šŸ‘‰Region 1 rate increased from Ā£222.14 to Ā£223.08 (94p) šŸ‘‰Region 2 rate increased from Ā£45.09 to Ā£45.21 (12p) šŸ‘‰Region 3 rate increased from Ā£13.68 to Ā£13.73 (5p)

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The Prince’s Countryside Fund’s Farm Resilience Programme

Thursday 16th September 2021

Family farm businesses from the Caithness and Sutherland area are invited to sign up for The Prince’s Countryside Fund’s Farm Resilience Programme starting in October 2021. Co-ordinated by Cameron Consulting the multi-million-pound programme allows up to 20 farming families to take part and there are only very limited spaces still available. Participants receive free business audit worth Ā£2,300 and are invited…

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LFASS and Convergence 2020

Monday 25th January 2021

LFASS and Convergence 2020 Payments: As most of you will be aware the LFASS payment for has been reduced to 40% of the 2018 payment rate - and I know that this has come as a shock for many people. The convergence fund is worth over Ā£71.8 million for 2020 and Ā£32.8million of this will be used…

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Greening Scotland 2021 - EFA still required

Friday 11th September 2020

In late July England removed all of their Greening requirements for 2021, with Northern Ireland following suit yesterday. However, in Scotland although Crop Diversification (2/3 crop…

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Sustainable Agriculture Grant Scheme

Monday 7th September 2020

Here is a brief outline of what you need to know about this new scheme: Grant is awarded at 50% of the standard costs or 60% in the Highlands and Islands, maximum amount of Ā£20,000 per business ( BRN). Application…

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Moo-ving Livestock

Sunday 14th June 2020

šŸ‘šŸ„Moo-ving Livestock - Paperwork needed!šŸ˜ It’s the time of year for turning stock out and using seasonal grazings so here is a wee reminder what you may need to remember about! Firstly make sure you are registered with the Animal and…

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IACS/SAF 2020

Tuesday 24th March 2020

šŸ’„We are working hard to keep business as normal as possible here.šŸ’„ šŸ’·With regard to SAF/IACS 2020 - at present we continue to work towards…

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Convergence Funding

Friday 24th January 2020

šŸ’·Lots of enquiries today regarding the long awaited convergence funding, so here is what we know so far....šŸ’· šŸ’„There is a total of Ā£90 million available for Scotland, with Ā£10 million of this weighted with 70% towards Region 3 land…

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Greening 2020

Monday 6th January 2020

With some of you just recovering from the 2020 harvest (!) please be aware that the closed period for EFA Fallow land is only a few days away! So please have a think about your cropping for…

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