Agri-Business
A budget of £240m will be distributed to successful applicants of this year's Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme, according to Defra.
Schemes
AHDB announced its new tool that aims to provide "bespoke support" for farmers hoping to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme.
Defra has unveiled the "near-final scheme information" for this year's Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer today.
Defra announced that it will be reintroducing the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) in a "simpler, fairer and more stable" way.
Many farming organisations have responded to Defra statements at the Oxford Farming Conference, such as the reopening of the SFI scheme.
Defra Secretary of State Emma Reynolds has unveiled government plans for the farming sector in 2026, including the SFI application windows.
The Farmer Network has announced that it will be running a Sustainable Farming Incentive workshop to help farmers get ready for the next round of the scheme.
Agri Politics
As the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) develops the next round of the...
An open letter to the minister for Food Security, and Rural Affairs has called on the government to reverse it's cap on applications for SFI
A survey by CLA of its members about the closure of the SFI, found that just 4.5% of its members were content they had achieved
Farmers are facing a 'triple whammy' of the SFI, the proposed changes to legislation around CPO and the proposed farm inheritance tax.
Daniel Zeichner has said people have known for "weeks and weeks, and months" that the SFI would be full at some point.
The first Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements for 2024 are now live as the government aims to...
A report on the Farming and Countryside Programme has revealed that 48% of farmers are "not at all positive" about their future in farming.
GSC Grays has said the 2023 Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offered more opportunities for...
The decision to limit the impact of land being taken out of food production under the Sustainable...
New measures will limit the amount of land farmers can take out of productive actions under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).
Attendees of GSC Grays farm walks on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) have dubbed them a...
