SFI emergency roundtable: "There needs to be a clear pathway of what the future of farming and food production looks like"

An emergency roundtable on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has been held this afternoon (March 17) between Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and farming organisations

Rachael Brown

Lead Reporter

17 March 2025 • 7 min read

SFI emergency roundtable: "There needs to be a clear pathway of what the future of farming and food production looks like"

The emergency roundtable meeting held today (March 17) discussed the fallout from the abrupt announcement by Defra last week that it was to pull the plug on new applications to the Sustainable Farming...

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