From the editor: How many chances will farmers give Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet as they blunder on with their botched approach to agricultural policy?

This week from Farmers Guardian editor Olivia Midgley

Olivia Midgley

13 March 2025 • 3 min read

From the editor: How many chances will farmers give Sir Keir Starmer and his Cabinet as they blunder on with their botched approach to agricultural policy?

It is difficult not to feel incensed by the Government's decision to pull up the draw bridge on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). Just as Defra's efforts to get farmers to engage in the scheme were...

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