The government has announced the payment rates for the UK’s new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), which will pay farmers to deliver environmental goals.
Defra Secretary George Eustice set out more information on the SFI on Thursday, which is being introduced as part of a post-Brexit reform of farmers’ subsidies.
The SFI – the first of the UK’s new environmental land management schemes replacing the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy – will be rolled out next year.
The reform is the most significant change to UK farming and land management in over five decades.
As part of it, farmers will receive payment for taking actions which generate environmental benefits, such as improving grasslands or soils.
Read more at https://www.farminguk.com/news/defra-unveils-payment-rates-for-sustainable-farming-incentive_59454.html
