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Farm and environmental groups have warned the new payment rates for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), published this week, are too low and ‘lack ambition’.

With a range of grants available to farming businesses, Charlie Fowler, agri-business consultant at Fisher German, offers his advice on applying for funding.

Farmers in England must act swiftly if they wish to tap into the Governments new £27 million Farming Investment Fund, industry has warned.

MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee have warned farmers are at risk of going bust during a ‘haphazard’ transition away from the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).

The CLA has accused the Chancellor of ‘ignoring’ the countryside in the levelling up plans set out in the Budget today (October 27).

The CLA has accused the Chancellor of ignoring the countryside in the levelling up plans set out in the Budget today (October 27).

Members of The Farming Forum (TFF) Grassroots Group have urged the Government to allocate more than 60 per cent (62.5) of England’s £2.4bn agriculture budget to permanent grassland.

The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has hit out at the ongoing exclusion of commoners from Defra’s new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.

The NFU has urged Ministers to delay Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reductions due to hit farmers in 2022 and 2023, with president Minette Batters warning the industry is on a ‘knife edge’.

The NFU has urged Ministers to delay Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) reductions due to hit farmers in 2022 and 2023, with president Minette Batters warning the industry is on a knife edge.