Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Stewardship in England has now been replaced by Countryside Stewardship. Existing ES agreements will be allowed to run until they expire.

Stewardship schemes provide funding to help when managing land for the environment. If you are thinking about what you could do on your farm, it is important to have a thought-out plan with the right options in the right place. Every farm is different and there is no one-size-fits-all, but a plan should be based on the following themes:

• Think about life cycles. Animals need food and shelter year round, so cater for all seasons.
• Enhance existing features. Protect, widen and compliment what you have already got.
• Re-create a patchwork quilt. Crops are habitat, but animals do like a choice.
• Create small scale diversity. Cherish variety in everything - especially the planting mixtures.