Politics

Initial payments under the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELM) cannot increase unless direct support is cut faster, Defra Secretary George Eustice has said.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has hit back at claims that the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme will line the pockets of wealthy landowners.

Defra Secretary George Eustice has hit back at claims that the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme will line the pockets of wealthy landowners.

THE NFU president has launched a scathing attack on the contradictory nature of Government policy, branding its handling of the pig crisis a ‘disgrace’ and a ‘disaster’ and demanding that it come up with a coherent plan that delivers for British farming.

AHDB has reiterated its call for farmers to register to vote on how their levies are spent, after figures showed just 2 per cent of beef producers and 4 per cent of lamb producers had signed up.

AHDB has reiterated its call for farmers to register to vote on how their levies are spent, after figures showed just 2 per cent of beef producers and 4 per cent of lamb producers had signed up.

Bus services across the country could be cut by one third over the coming weeks as pandemic funding from the Government comes to an end, with rural areas expected to be particularly hard hit.

An EA employee working on livestock farming regulation has been forced to pull out of a public debate, where he was due to support a motion which claimed ‘only vegan farming can make agriculture truly sustainable’.

As UK inflation rises to a 30-year high of 5.5% and the cost of living crisis deepens, a food industry expert has issued a call to remind consumers that food producers are feeling the pinch too.

Princess Anne waded into the debate about Environmental Land Management (ELM) by questioning who exactly was going to benefit from the scheme.