Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF) is a free farm advice programme funded by Defra, supported by Natural England (NE), the Environment Agency (EA) and the Forestry Commission (FC). The programme works with farmers and partners across England to produce food in a way that protects:
- Water
- Air
- Soil
CSF provides locally informed, confidential, on-farm advice to help you make decisions on:
- soil management
- nutrient, slurry, and manure management
- ammonia emissions reduction
- farm infrastructure and machinery set up
- pesticide handling
- water resources and natural flood management
- local environmental priorities
- land management
- the agricultural transition, including grants
There are some really interesting YouTube videos about CSF or for more information visit Natural England’s pages on CSF
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The Yorkshire Dales Catchment Partnership (YDCP)
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) delivers CSF within the National Park in partnership with NE and working very closely with the EA and other stakeholders. We have been working on CSF since 2009.
The aim of the YDCP is to reduce the amount of pollution in rivers, groundwater and other aquatic habitats as well as air pollution caused by farming operations. The main pollution targets within the YDCP area are for Phosphate and sediment in watercourses. We offer confidential, free advice and events to farmers to help them to improve the water quality, air quality, and their farm business.
One of the most popular parts of Catchment Sensitive Farming has been the access to the Water Capital Grant funding which has offered the opportunity to apply for farm infrastructure improvements that help to reduce the risk of diffuse water and air pollution, and make a real difference on the farm. When successful, applicants receive funding for capital items towards these improvement works. The grant can be applied for online and has been extremely effective.
Working with farmers and landowners to improve the condition of rivers is one of the objectives agreed by the Authority and a wide range of local partner organisations in the National Park Management Plan 2019-24.
To find out more about how we can help you with Catchment Sensitive Farming or other schemes, please contact us by:
Tel. 0300 456 0030