Vulnerable people If you are or know of farmers who are struggling applying for BPS or doing CS revenue claims online or by paper applications, due to ill health, self isolation, sheilding or Covid -19. Then please contact Farm Cornwall directly and we can contact RPA directly on your’s or their behalf.
If you are an employer please use the link to reclaim monies paid to workers under the furlough scheme. Effectively you will use the PAYE portal to reverse the payment from HMRC to back to you. It will include all pension contributions and NI payments at a rate of 80% up to a maximum of […]
Covid Key Workers for Animal Welfare (003) Please download form to carry in your vehicles
Self Employed have now been given some help, although it does sound as though payments will not come through until June. You need to have traded for at least 3 years, however if have not traded for that long still contact HMRC as they need to be aware of people who drop through the net […]
Countryside Stewardship scheme is open for application from February 2020 to May 15th Then application must be returned by 31st of July tel 03000200301 and ask for a Mid Tier scheme
Prince’s Countryside Fund RESILIENCE Programme for Cornwall. We are looking to recruit farmers to a FREE programme of 7 workshops delivered by Nationally based consultancy. This is the third year running the programme has run in Cornwall, Launceston 2016/17, Penzance 2017/18. St Austell 2018/19. The first 5 workshops will run from one per month from […]
Straw Prices Have now eased and as of September I hear prices of £95-110 delivered. We have also been informed that quantities baled “up country” are larger than in previous on the back of a predicted straw price hike and a good summer in which to bale straw, I suspect.
According to Truro Weather Map we have no rain of any discernable amounts since the 18th of June, in Penzance we 1.8mm on Saturday Night (30th of June/1st of July). However on these very hot days it is important that cattle have access to water, unfortunately a cow is herding animal and will choose to […]
