Almost 80% of farmers accept CS extensions

Agreements worth just under £59m will be issued to more than 4,000 farm businesses

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 1 min read
Almost 80% of farmers offered an extension to their Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements have now accepted, the RPA has confirmed
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Almost 80% of farmers offered an extension to their Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements have now accepted, the RPA has confirmed

Almost 80% of farmers offered an extension to their Countryside Stewardship Mid Tier agreements have now accepted, the Rural Payments Agency has confirmed. The one-year extension was proposed late last...

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