Farm Consultancy News - Fisher German

From Mud ... to Marina2008-06-09Farm diversification – the opportunities and pitfalls - were explored in a rural seminar held at Worcester Rugby Club on the 5th June 2008, hosted by Fisher...

Stewardship funding confirmed2008-06-04It has been recently announced that Natural England’s budget for HLS has been confirmed. Until recently anyone trying to gain acceptance into HLS have...

Earlier deadlines for 2008 single payment forms2008-02-25James McIntyre of Fisher German LLP in Stafford reports that the RPA are likely to start posting the 2008 SP5 application forms to farmers towards the...

Surge in farmland sales continues2008-02-21Flying in the face of the turmoil in world economies the UK farmland market surged again in the second half of 2007, with prices rising 27.9% compared...

EMDA announces £60 million for rural businesses in the East Midlands2008-02-07On 8 January 2008 the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) announced that approximately £60 million of grant funding is now available to the East Midlands...

Billions to boost rural development programme2007-12-12It was reported on Thursday 6 December that the English countryside was to receive a major boost in funding through the Rural Development Programme for...

DEFRA improves Whole Farm Approach database2007-11-20The latest improvements to DEFRA's recently implemented web based system known as the Whole Farm Approach (WFA) has been released this week.

Farmland values grow to a record high 2007-10-26The growth of farmland values has continued unabated in 2007, reaching record levels. The latest RICS Rural Land Market Survey confirms that farmland values...

Bluetongue an update2007-10-18Last week, on 10 October 2007, the protection zone for Bluetongue disease was extended to include more of the Midlands and the majority of the South East....

Funds boost for rural development programme2007-08-30The next Rural Development Programme (RDP) for England is set to be launched shortly. This will run from 2007 until 2013 and has received a big boost in...