Wight Rural Hub

The Wight Rural Hub offers a free to use central resource to all Isle of Wight farmers and land managers and delivers a suite of interventions…delivered for the Island by the Island.

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Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF)

Thanks to funding from Defra, through the Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF), we are providing an extensive range of free resources to help IOW farmers and land managers navigate the Agricultural Transition.

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The Wight Rural Hub offers a free to use central resource to all Isle of Wight farmers and land managers and delivers a suite of interventions…delivered for the Island by the Island.

Thanks to the support of DEFRA, through the Future Farming Resilience Fund (FFRF), we are providing an extensive range of resources to help Isle of Wight farmers & land managers navigate the Agricultural Transition. This will include:

Workshops
Seminars
1-1 reviews
Signpost business opportunities and the availability of specialist advice and support

The aim is to help Island farmers and land managers to make their businesses more resilient and to take advantage of future opportunities and funding; … turning national policy into local opportunity.

We work in collaboration and partnership with Island stakeholders to add value in support of IOW farmers and land managers.

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Latest News

Last Call for Slurry Infrastructure Grant Round 1 Applications

Jan 30, 2023

The Slurry Infrastructure Grant will allow you to replace or expand slurry storage to provide 6 months suitable storage for the benefit of farm businesses and their environments

Cross compliance 2022

Dec 2, 2022

Farmers and land managers must follow these cross compliance rules from 1 January 2022 for the whole year if they claim for certain rural payments....

Basic Payment Scheme: December 2022 Payments

Dec 2, 2022

As most will be aware, Direct Payments are being gradually phased out from 2021 to 2027. Progressive reductions were introduced to the Basic Payment...