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Defra organic scheme U-turn too late for 50 farmers Jonathan Riley 31 March 2021 >More in © Ruth Pascoe Organic farmers who had stewardship agreements axed have called for compensation amid mounting human, financial and environmental costs.     The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) shut down the Organic Higher Level Stewardship (OHLS) scheme in late 2019, without notifying the 123 contract holders.   After sustained lobbying by the organic sector, Defra reversed the decis...

How a beef farm manages environmentally sensitive grazing >More in James Waight © MAG/Tom Askew-Miller Grazing in an environmentally sensitive way is not new for Farmers Weekly’s 2020 Beef Farmer of the Year, James Waight, who farms 4,400ha (10,868 acres) of some of the highest conservation-status grassland in the EU.  All the grassland that is grazed by his 470 South Devon and Angus-cross cattle is in Mid Tier or Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship. It is also classified either as a site of special scientific interest, special are...

How a Sussex arable farmer is preparing for the ELM scheme >More in Taking 16% of his arable land out of production and introducing measures which will improve the farm’s natural capital are how West Sussex grower Mark Chandler is preparing his arable business for the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme. Instead of extending an existing Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreement for another 12 months, he has opted to use Mid Tier Countryside Stewardship to fund the landscape scale changes that he is making at Moor Farm, near Petworth. These include creat...

Find out about eligibility and requirements for the floating covers for slurry stores and lagoons item.

£27.14 per square metre.    Available for Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier, Higher Tier and Capital Grants only: in areas targeted for the reduction of water and air pollution from agriculture with support from a Catchment Sensitive Farming officer Where this item cannot be used On covered or indoor yards Manure, silage or slurry stores Areas housing livestock FER), the Environmental Information Map or the Historic Environment Farm Environmental Record ( HEFER) How this item will benefit the environment It improves or upgrades existing outdoor (uncovered) yard drainage to reduce foul drain...