The detail will be published " by the summer"
ah this is important, clarifies the situation
As members from Defra have been kindly taking note can
we have some money for drainage grants please ?
After all there are grants to improve productivity elsewhere
which are arguably less effective.
So the 1% have had half the budget and the 99% share what’s leftHowever, about 1% of farmers that applied to SFI 2023 have applied to put 80% or more of their farm into these six non-productive actions."
Yes put it all in Num3!I'm curious about how this will work out with the whole SFI (ex. BPS) budget.
As has been discussed on here before, many farmers won't be going into SFI so they won't be receiving their BPS money back.
Taking this 25% figure - will ANY farm now be able to claim as much or more than their original BPS money in SFI options?
2 years ago no one wanted to enter because crops were high pricedSo it’s taken Defra 5 years to draw up this scheme and then 5 minutes to realise they’ve ballsed it up
Non productive?
Public money for public good, oh hang on, encouraging wildlife isn't enough now?
scotland should have the same system as englandshould be the same for everyone
they are only worried when one for their competitors gets an advantageSuspect the supermarkets are up in arms as they now see the end of cheap food ,
@Abi Kay A freedom of information request to DEFRA asking who the 1% of applicants / farmers are would be interesting as would the response refusing to reveal the culprits.It's laughable isn't it?!
They've spent years and years telling farmers that food production isn't a public good and that the Sustatainable Farming Incentive money needed to be spent on environmental measures only.
And now they tell farmers that they are worried about food production because they have incentivised other options.
I also found it interesting that their press release said: "1% of farmers that applied to SFI in 2023 asked to put 80% or more of their farm into the six non-productive actions"
@Abi
I find it interesting that they used the word "farmers" rather than just "applicants".
@Abi Kay A freedom of information request to DEFRA asking who the 1% of applicants / farmers are would be interesting as would the response refusing to reveal the culprits.