Launching in March, a series of grants have been made available by DEFRA – Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and partners, supporting farmers and businesses in the sector.
The team at Worcestershire Growth Hub can support your business to access these new grants.
Below is a summary of the various grants available.
Grants available at time of publications:
- Grants to start a research project – applications close Wednesday 8 of March 2023 at 11am
- Grants for automation and robotics – available until 15 March 2023
- Grants for research and development to develop a new technology or service – competition closes on 19 April 2023
- Grants for equipment to support productivity and slurry management – Available until 4 April 2023
- Grants to support tree health – available through the pilot until it ends in 2024
- Grants to fund a yearly vet visit – you can now register for a vet visit
- Grants to support farming in protected landscapes – You can now apply until March 2025 based on the successful first year and a half
Grants available through Countryside Stewardship
- Grants to improve boundaries, trees and orchards, water quality, air quality and natural flood management – you can apply for these grants at any time of the year
- Grants to improve environmentally significant sites and woodlands – you can apply for these grants at any time of the year
- Grants to improve woodland infrastructure and protection from beaver activity – you can apply for these grants at any time of the year
- Grants to improve the management of woodlands – you can apply for this one-off payment at any time of the year
- Grants to improve the health of trees – you can apply for these one-off payments at any time of the year
Grants coming this year: a forward look
- Grants to support animal health and welfare – available in March 2023, through the Farming Equipment Technology Fund, which is part of the Farming Investment Fund
- Grants to support cattle housing – available in Summer 2023, through the Farming Transformation
- Grants for other infrastructure projects – available later this year, through the Farming Transformation Fund
- Grants to support slurry infrastructure – first round of applications closed in January. Planned to open another round later this year
- Grants to support water management- available in Spring 2023, through the Farming Investment Fund
- Grants to work on long-term farming innovation – competition to open in May 2023 as part of the Farming Innovation Programme
- Grants for research and development, to develop a new technology or service – competition opens in August 2023 as part of the Farming Innovation Programme
- Grants for research and development to check if an innovative idea works in practice – competition opens in September 2023 as part of the Framing Innovation Programme
- Grants to run on-farm trials assessing the viability of new technology, processes and practices – available in autumn 2023, through the Framing Innovation Programme
To find out more about these grants, who is it for, the requirements, and all the specific deadlines, visit the DEFRA website at: Grants available in 2023 – Farming (blog.gov.uk)
To access support with applying for any of these grants, or to learn about the wider support available for Worcestershire businesses, contact the Worcestershire Growth Hub team on the details below.