Uplands farmers locked out of ELMs scheme

A lack of options in the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme threatens to wipe out upland farming in the UK, with generations of family farms now in peril as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) winds down.

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Uplands farmers locked out of ELMs scheme

A lack of options in the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme threatens to wipe out upland farming in the UK, with generations of family farms now in peril as the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) winds...

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