Farming events from Farmers Weekly
Farmers Weekly live events are back. Working in the post-Covid-19 world, we continue to focus on the primary requirements of health and safety protocols.
Please see below the timeline showing the upcoming events. We aim to ensure our events continue to offer a stimulating and thought-provoking experience for you. Our experts are focused on sharing the knowledge and skills you need for productive and regenerative farming.
You can watch on-demand our popular webinars and check out our new Transition initiative aimed at securing a sustainable future for your farm business.
If you would like to be commercially involved in our events please visit our media centre for more information.
Featured and upcoming events
Turn spare-land into a self-storage business
Self storage provides a great way to secure extra revenue from your land. Cleveland Containers is on hand to give expert advice in this webinar.
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Transition Live
Working side by side, as an industry, our goal is the same as yours: a sustainable future for British agriculture and for your farm.
The event will bring together farmers, policymakers and key industry experts for a day of education, collaboration and networking.
Alternative Land Uses: Agroforestry
This live event takes place at Elston Farm in Devon, with the Woodland Trust and farmer Andy Gray.
The livestock farm has a three-year old agroforestry project.
Andy will demonstrate the benefits it has brought to his farm and we'll give advice on incorporating a forestry project into your farm and the help available.
Recent events
Family farming partnerships
This Business Clinic webinar offers advice and information on what to consider when setting up a family partnership, including:
- Bringing in a new member
- What happens when a partner retires or dies
- Having the right written agreement in place
Measuring success – improving farm business performance
- Improving productivity
- Using technology to improve performance
- Make the most from what you’ve got
SFI & carbon: Generating new sources of income
The second webinar of the series will give an overview of the current Sustainable Farming Incentive offering, its integration, what you need to know for 2024 and a live example of an application process.
To watch the first webinar on carbon, catch up on demand: fwi.co.uk/sfi-carbon-income
Generating non-farm income
Most farms have some non-farming ventures providing an additional income to the business. This is becoming more important than ever as farm support changes and new schemes are introduced.
In this Transition webinar, experts will explore different ways to generate income outside of farming, considering the risks and rewards of different options. Question Time will give farmers a voice to raise key topics with the panel. The four events so far were filmed in front of a live studio audience and are available on demand.
Next steps in carbon farming
In this Transition webinar we will be examining how farmers can make the most out of carbon. In detail we will focus on:
- Reducing farm input costs
- Generating income
- Supporting the environment
Transition webinars
Britain's Fittest Farmer 2023
- Devon County Show, Saturday 20 May
- Lincolnshire County Show, Wednesday 21 June
- Royal Highland Show, Sunday 25 June