Get free business advice for your farm

The Future Farming Resilience Fund provides business support to farmers and land managers in the first few years of adapting to agricultural transition. If you currently receive direct payments you can receive this support and it is free of charge. It is designed to help you make the right business choices for the future.

How to get free advice

How the Resilience Fund works

The support consists of 3 phases:

1. Initial phase (completed) – from February 2020 to March 2021.
2. Interim phase – from August 2021 to September 2022.
3. Scale-up phase – expected to run from October 2022 until March 2025.

The support may be offered in various ways, ranging from group workshops supported by experts through to one-to-one advice.

These organisations are known and trusted in the farming community.

How organisations can help you

Advisers can help you:

• understand how farming in England is changing
• identify how you could change your business, what you will need to do and when
• adapt to changes and get tailored support

Advisers offer:

• one-to-one consultations
• farm visits
• reports with recommendations
• access to workshops, webinars and tours
• networking opportunities so you can get help from other farmers

If you have technical difficulties accessing information about the organisations providing free business support, you can call the Defra helpline on 0345 933 5577.