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@Janet Hughes DefraMorning all and happy new year.
Further to the information we published about the Sustainable Farming Incentive in December (see https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ng-incentive-how-the-scheme-will-work-in-2022), today we're publishing information about the 2 other new schemes: local nature recovery and landscape recovery.
These 3 schemes together will give farmers a range of ways to get paid to produce public goods alongside agricultural produce on their land.
We'll also very shortly be publishing the results of our review of payment rates for Countryside Stewardship.
I'll share links to the info here as soon as they're live, and I'll be online here and over on Twitter (where I am @janethughes) to answer your questions. I look forward to your questions and discussion, as ever
Update:
Here is a document that sets out a bit more about the environmental and climate outcomes we're seeking to achieve, alongside food production: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-land-management-schemes-outcomes
Here is a document about how the new local nature recovery scheme will work: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...-more-information-on-how-the-scheme-will-work
Here is a document about the first round of landscape recovery projects: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...-more-information-on-how-the-scheme-will-work
Here is a list of payment rates for Countryside Stewardship agreements, following a review last year https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...hip-revenue-payment-rates-from-1-january-2022 - the increased rates will apply to all agreement holders, regardless of when their agreement started. There is a small number of decreases - these will only apply to new agreement holders, from January 2023.
Update: here's a transcript of the speech made by the Secretary of State at Oxford Farming Conference this morning: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...rates-for-revenue-options-from-1-january-2022
with the launch of the SFI being planned for June and still no satisfactory suggestions of how you are going to help grassland farmers maintain and protect the carbon sequestering, water cleaning, public amenity landscape that is producing food and providing employment.
The following question is being asked on many ,many farms this spring....
Thread 'Pasture to Arable for wheat?' https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/pasture-to-arable-for-wheat.366698/
once converted to arable, it appears that there will be a much better incentive for SFI payments.
The nation's ploughs are being prepared!