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Call our Service Centre on 08456 000 813 and we can register you over the phone.

Cross compliance

Cross compliance
Cross compliance is a European Union (EU) requirement setting out standards that farmers have to meet in order to receive the Single Farm Payment (SFP).

Invest in the Farm Advisory Service

The Farm Advisory Service (FAS) offers one-to-one, confidential, on-farm advice. It is flexible and can be tailored to the needs of your farm.

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This subsidised on-farm service will help you to meet cross-compliance requirements.

The advice you receive will be:

  • One-to-one
  • Confidential

The Farm Advisory Service can help you to prepare for your next cross compliance inspection.  A farm advisory visit from an approved adviser can address:

  • Animal identification
  • Animal welfare
  • Environmental protection
  • Environmental management
  • Land management
  • Food law

Invest in a farm advisory visit – reduce the risk of breaching regulations

There are two main types of requirements related to cross compliance:

  • Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) – these are specific European legal requirements relating to environment, public, plant and animal health, and animal welfare.
     
  • Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAECs) of land, soils and habitat.  This is a domestic requirement designed to avoid the abandonment of agricultural land, and its environmental consequences.

Farm advisory visits together with specialist support from an approved adviser will give you on-farm advice and training.

Farm advisory visits

Choose from a list of Farming Connect approved advisors to arrange a visit to your farm in order to assess the performance of your farm and highlight possible management improvements.  

A farm advisory visit could help you develop a clear plan to help you meet cross compliance or provide you with advice on a specific issue on Statutory Management Requirements (SMRs) and Good Agricultural & Environmental Condition (GAEC) depending on your individual requirements.  

You can claim back 80% of the costs.

To benefit from the Farm Advisory Service, you must be registered with Farming Connect.  To register, please contact the service centre on 08456 000 813.

Contact your Farming Connect Regional Co-ordinator for more information:

Mid and South East Wales

Gwenan Ellis:
Telephone no: 07866 547894 
Email: gwenan.ellis@menterabusnes.co.uk

Geographical Area: Montgomeryshire

Deian Thomas:
Telephone no: 07772 694952 
Email: deian.thomas@menterabusnes.co.uk

Geographical Area: South East and Valleys

Chris Davies:
Telephone no: 07917 895255 
Email: chris.davies@lantra.co.uk

Geographical Area: Brecknock and Radnorshire

North Wales

Elliw Evans:
Telephone no: 07772 694116  
Email: elliw.evans@menterabusnes.co.uk

Geographical Area: Pen Llyn - Gwynedd

Guto Owen:
Telephone no: 01248 672672  
Email: guto.owen@menterabusnes.co.uk

Geographical Area: Llys Mon, Eryri & Meirionnydd

Lowri Williams:
Telephone no: 07772 694098 
Email: lowri.williams@menterabusnes.co.uk

Geographical Area: Wrexham and Flint

Eryl Roberts:
Telephone no: 07917 895253 
Email: eryl.roberts@lantra.co.uk

Geographical Area: Denbighshire and Conwy

South and West Wales

Rhodri Jones:
Telephone no: 01970 636286 
Email: rhodri.jones@menterabusnes.co.uk

Geographical Area: North Ceredigion

Gareth Griffiths:
Telephone no: 07772 694112 
Email: gareth.griffiths@menterabusnes.co.uk

Geographical Area: Carmarthenshire

Sarah Lewis:
Telephone no: 07827 956765
Email: sarah.lewis@lantra.co.uk

Geographical Area: South Pembrokeshire

Dylan Sandbrook:
Telephone no: 07772 694958 
Email: dylan.sandbrook@menterabusunes.co.uk

Geographical Area: North Pembrokshire/South Ceredigion

Eligibility

The Farm Advisory Service is open to all businesses with:

  • a County Parish Holding (CPH) number;
  • a Customer Reference Number (CRN) and;
  • receiving payments under Single Payment Scheme (SPS), Organic Farming Scheme (OFS), Better Woodlands for Wales (BWW), Tir Gofal, Tir Cynal or Tir Mynydd

For the business to qualify for Young Entrant status:

  • At least one partner in the business must be under the age of 40 at the date of application;
  • The business must have a CPH and CRN in your own name
  • The business must receive payments under SPS, OFS, BWW, Tir Gofal, Tir Cynal or Tir Mynydd

All eligible businesses can apply for up to 80% funding towards Farm Advisory Service.