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Moorland payments for 2022 under Defra’s Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) have been increased by 60 per cent, following significant pressure from industry.

Delays in the rollout of the Government’s Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) are down to a deliberate policy of ‘listening, learning and improving’, Defra has revealed.

Emergency grants of up to £1,000 are being made available to farmers whose properties have been hit by recent storms, an agricultural charity has announced.

News that cash set aside for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund is set to be tripled, has been welcomed by the sector.

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 outlined how Government intends to support livestock farmers to keep healthier, higher welfare animals.

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.

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.