The Defra funded Farming Advice Service (FAS) are sending out reminders to help you stay compliant with the cross compliance requirements.
The Farming Advice Service provides free, confidential advice to help farmers in England understand and meet the requirements of cross compliance. These rules apply to you if you are a Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), Countryside Stewardship or Environmental Stewardship claimant. Through FAS, you can access technical guides and other resources, join webinars covering a range of farming topics, and sign up their newsletter to keep updated on key dates and the latest guidance.
Reminder of upcoming dates for your cross compliance calendar.
| 31 October | If you hold a summer water abstraction licence (authorising abstraction wholly within the months of April to October), the Environment Agency will make actual abstraction return forms available to you from 31 October. You then have 28 days to send your readings to the Environment Agency. (GAEC*2) |
| 1 November | You can burn heather, rough grass, bracken, gorse or vaccinium on land, other than in upland areas, from this date. (GAEC*6) |
You can watch a series of webinars focusing on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), which were delivered by Ricardo through the Farming Advice Service and the Future Farming Resilience Fund.
| Â Â Â Â Watch the recording relevant to your farming business via the links below: |
To contact FAS, call 03000 200 301 (select the option for FAS) or email advice@farmingadviceservice.org.uk
If you are in Devon or Somerset, you might also be interested in receiving fully funded (free) advice and support under the Future Farming Resilience initiative. Find our more here.
