2,000 farmers sign up for Uplands ELS

On average, it will bring them £35,000 over the course of their agreement, according to Natural England’s figures.

Just four weeks after Uplands ELS went live on July 1 the applications account for around 295,000ha of from the Lake District and Northumberland down to Dartmoor and Exmoor.

Natural England says it is well on track towards meeting its year-end target of bringing 505,000ha of land into Uplands ELS by March 2011.

The scheme supports hill farmers with payments of up to £62 per hectare and replaces the Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) which ended this year.

A new ‘Step by Step Guide to Uplands ELS’ available from Natural England’s website at www.naturalengland.org.uk/uplandsels.For further information call 0300 060 0011.

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