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Three new offices are being opened by Ceres Group as the leading rural consultancy responds to sky-rocketing demand for its services and expertise. Ceres Group’s geographic reach is being extended […]

Yesterday at the NFU Conference, the government announced a range of farming updates, including increased funding for environmental and innovation grants, new support for farmers, and improvements to existing schemes. […]

Free farm business advice will continue to be offered by Ceres Rural after the valuable Future Farming Resilience Fund ends in March, in a move of support for the farming […]

It is often said that farming is facing the biggest period of change for a generation. There is a complex range of challenges and opportunities, with various interdependencies between them, […]

On 18th March, the Forestry Commission (FC) announced an immediate increase in payments for England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) grant recipients, to be applied to all existing and new agreement […]

Welcome to the Ceres Rural Farming Update, a publication that provides independent insights on agricultural issues, from policy and grant funding, to administrative updates and key market information. Read the […]

Day one of the conference, Senior Consultant Christopher Monk attended and saw Steve Barclay (the new Secretary of State) announce an unexpected increase in Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) / Countryside […]

Defra has provided some much-needed clarity on the future of Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) and agri-environmental funding, as another round of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) opened for applications. […]

A ten-year sustainability plan put in place just over a year ago at Squerryes Estate at Westerham in Kent has provided a framework for the business, as it navigates its […]