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Over £65m of SFI soil data left uncollected, FOI reveals

Farmers have been assessing and managing soil through the SFI for three years, but none of the data has been collected by the Government

Mia Willemsen
News and business reporter
clock • 4 min read
Over £65m of SFI soil data left uncollected, FOI reveals

Despite more than £65 million being paid to farmers to assess and manage their soils under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), the results were never collected by the Government. It comes...

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