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Resources

Find a list of various resources below

Useful links

The Agricultural Transition & Defra updates

Overview of new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMs)
- Environmental Land Management update: how government will pay for land-based environment and climate goods and services - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Defra - The combined Environmental Land Management offer (March 2024)
- Technical Annex (with current list of options and rates)

BPS calculator

- Calculate my progressive reductions - GOV.UK (defra.gov.uk)

The Gov.UK Farming Blog, sign up to receive updates as they emerge. Also links to further videos, podcasts or invites to webinars or subject areas
- About us - Farming (blog.gov.uk)

Rural Payments Agency (RPA) Key dates for 2023 - 2024

Farming, Land & Nutrient Management

Innovation for Agriculture, connecting farmers with farming research (livestock, climate, soil & water, technology etc)
- Home - Innovation for Agriculture (i4agri.org)

AHDB Knowledge Library Knowledge library | AHDB – searchable subjects eg. Grassland Rotations, Forage for Knowledge, feed budgets for cattle, National Hill Sheep Breed evaluation

Foundation for Common Land, Common Land Toolkit
- Common Land Toolkit — Foundation for Common Land

Upland Farmer Toolkit; a collection of relatable resources compiled by the Lake District National Park
- Upland Farmer Toolkit - Upland Farmer Toolkit

Pinpoint best practice guides; Soil, Water, FYM / Nutrient and Infrastructure etc
- Best practice guides | The Rivers Trust

Voluntary Initiative, Grassland Weed Control eg. weedwipers
- grassland-weed-control.pdf (voluntaryinitiative.org.uk)

The Prince's Countryside Fund, guidance publications
- The Great Grazing Guide - The Prince's Countryside Fund (princescountrysidefund.org.uk)
- Environment glossary - The Prince's Countryside Fund (princescountrysidefund.org.uk)
- Carbon Clarity - The Prince's Countryside Fund (princescountrysidefund.org.uk)

The Land App, free online tool for mapping and data records
- Home - Land App (thelandapp.com)

Soil Management

Think Soils. Practical downloadable soils manual covering all soil types
- thinksoils | AHDB

UK Soil Observatory, maps data and links
- UK Soil Observatory

Farm Carbon Toolkit. Carbon assessment, herbal leys and other project information
- Home - Farm Carbon Toolkit

Local contacts, projects and grant schemes

Dartmoor Commoners Council
- Dartmoor Commoners' Council (dartmoorcommonerscouncil.org.uk)

Foundation for Common Land, Our Upland Commons
- Dartmoor — Foundation for Common Land

Farming in Protected Landscapes (Dartmoor)
- Farming in Protected Landscapes | Dartmoor

Dartmoor Headwaters Natural Flood Management
- Dartmoor Headwaters Natural Flood Management Project | Dartmoor

Upstream Thinking, Westcountry Rivers Trust & Devon Wildlife Trust (Dart and Tavy river catchments)
- Upstream Thinking 3 - Westcountry Rivers Trust (wrt.org.uk)
- Working Wetlands & Upstream Thinking | Devon Wildlife Trust

Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF)
- Catchment Sensitive Farming: advice for farmers and land managers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Conservation

Championing the Farmed Environment
- CFE Online

Dung beetles for Farmers
- Dung Beetles for Farmers

Woodland Trust, Trees in Livestock systems & The Pontbren Upland Farmer-led project
- Benefits of Trees on Livestock Farms - Woodland Trust
- Pontbren Project: Sustainable Uplands Management - Woodland Trust

Wellbeing

Farm Community Network
- Farming Community Network - Farming Community Network (fcn.org.uk)

Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institute
- The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI)

Yellow Wellies, Farm Safety Foundation
- Farm Safety Foundation / Yellow Wellies - YellowWellies.org

Addington Fund & Forage Aid, help in times of crisis
- Addington Fund

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