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Don’t miss out on the current schemes which boost income and improve animal and soil health! We discuss the PSF scheme, the future of subsidy, recent changes to the Croft House Grant and what we should all do now to prepare for the 2025 change.
We cover:
What the term ‘conditionality’ means
PSF Animal Health & Welfare
Eligibility
How to carry out and how to claim
Benefits of animal health
Soil sampling
Carbon audits
What do we know so far
What is Just Transition
What are the Tiers
BPS
Whole Farm Plan
Habitat assessments
Grazing shares
Beef calf scheme
Scoteid My herd stats
CHGS changes
Top tips to prepare for 2025 – FAS biodiversity audits, carbon audits, psf scheme
Related FAS Resources
Crofting Businesses: Carbon Audits and Preparing For Sustainable Farming | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)
The Croft House Grant Scheme | Information helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)
Crofter’s Fuel Poverty – Improving the Existing Housing Stock | Information helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)
Other Related Resources
Preparing for Sustainable Farming Support (ruralpayments.org)
Croft House Grant (ruralpayments.org)
MyHerdStats Information Guide - ScotEID Library (dozuki.com)
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We cover:
Terminology such as...
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