Farming Advice Service

The Farming Advice Service (FAS) is a service funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to help farms understand and meet the regulations that apply to their business.

Get advice from FAS 

FAS gives technical and business advice on the regulations that apply to farming activities

 Email: [email protected] 

Telephone: 03000 200 301 (Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm). 

If a query cannot be answered on the spot a specialist adviser will ring back within one working day. 

Events 

To see if there are FAS events planned near you visit www.farmingadviceservice.org.uk/events. Booking instructions are provided within the details of individual events. 

Newsletters, guidance and technical articles 

Review current and past issues of: 

Register for text message updates and the FAS newsletter on [email protected]

Follow FAS on ’X’ (formerly known as Twitter). 

Who we are 

The FAS is a national network of qualified, independent advisers under contract to Defra. We provide free government advice confidentially to farmers and farming industry advisers. 

We’re from agricultural consultancies and research organisations throughout England. 

Our advice is produced in collaboration with Defra policy officials and our activities are planned and executed in close liaison with industry stakeholders such as the National Farmers Union and the Country Land and Business Association.