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Grants: Pause on Capital Grant items sends out 'mixed messages'

NFU senior countryside adviser, Claire Robinson said farmers had engaged with stewardship Capital Grants which support environmental delivery, ‘to only find the application window is suddenly closed for a review'

Rachael Brown
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Grants: Pause on Capital Grant items sends out 'mixed messages'

Farmers must be told of Labour's complete plans for the Environmental Land Management (ELM) schemes if they are to be allowed to plan effectively, the NFU has urged. READ NOW: "If Defra and Government...

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