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Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme earned a lukewarm response from farmers - while nature groups slammed its "shocking lack of ambition" for wildlife.

Map: 10,500 ‘armchair’ farmers claiming €32m in payments 2021-12-01

The UK Government has confirmed that farmers will receive payments for improving and conserving soils and grasslands from next year, but is facing criticism over the scheme, with green groups saying it does not pay enough or have a broad enough re...

Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme earned a lukewarm response from farmers - while nature groups slammed its "shocking lack of ambition" for wildlife.

Map: 10,500 ‘armchair’ farmers claiming €32m in payments 2021-12-01

Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme earned a lukewarm response from farmers - while nature groups slammed its "shocking lack of ambition" for wildlife.

The food and farming sectors are crucial to the Government’s levelling up agenda, environment secretary George Eustice has confirmed.

The Welsh government is being urged to introduce payment caps on future support schemes amid concerns money could be taken away from small family farms.

When Sam and Claire Beaumont first took on Gowbarrow Hall Farm, the only profit – of just £600 a year – came from the sheep enterprise. Fast forward four

As the global leaders, private jets and smog of aviation fuel disappear into the sky above Glasgow we reflect on COP26. Was it a cop out, a fair cop, or a