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Sustainable farming incentive - handbook for 2023 has been published
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<blockquote data-quote="holwellcourtfarm" data-source="post: 8799518" data-attributes="member: 42914"><p>[USER=153068]@Janet Hughes Defra[/USER] thank you for spending your precious evenings engaging with us here, it is appreciated even if it doesn't always read that way. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p><p></p><p>I completely retired from farming in April so this observation is more for the benefit of others really but here goes:</p><p></p><p>I can see that you've worked hard to address the concerns we have all raised and to introduce the flexibility necessary for the scheme to be applicable to as many farmers as possible; thank you to all your team for that. It does now mean though that the whole SFI has become very complex to navigate, as evidenced by the length of your latest handbook.</p><p></p><p>I have personally navigated the English farm subsidy scheme in its many forms since around 1985 and acted as agent for 2 other farm business on a voluntary basis along the way. Each iteration has become more complex to keep up with.</p><p></p><p>The Rock review highlighted the huge burden the whole farm regulatory system, including the subsidy system, places on what are mostly small businesses who lack dedicated management support.</p><p></p><p>You stated early on that the intention was for applications for SFI not to need paid professional advice yet I can see many farms will now need exactly that to optimise their engagement. This was always likely to be an unintended consequence of adding flexibility.</p><p></p><p>Is it now time to seriously consider my suggestion of adopting dedicated named individual officers within DEFRA, each partnered to a small number of farming businesses, who can act as advisers in regard to the process and help to overcome any bureaucratic hurdles the farm may encounter?</p><p></p><p>These officers would need a wide remit but could prove revolutionary in increasing uptake and overcoming the perceived conflict between farmers and DEFRA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="holwellcourtfarm, post: 8799518, member: 42914"] [USER=153068]@Janet Hughes Defra[/USER] thank you for spending your precious evenings engaging with us here, it is appreciated even if it doesn't always read that way. 👍 I completely retired from farming in April so this observation is more for the benefit of others really but here goes: I can see that you've worked hard to address the concerns we have all raised and to introduce the flexibility necessary for the scheme to be applicable to as many farmers as possible; thank you to all your team for that. It does now mean though that the whole SFI has become very complex to navigate, as evidenced by the length of your latest handbook. I have personally navigated the English farm subsidy scheme in its many forms since around 1985 and acted as agent for 2 other farm business on a voluntary basis along the way. Each iteration has become more complex to keep up with. The Rock review highlighted the huge burden the whole farm regulatory system, including the subsidy system, places on what are mostly small businesses who lack dedicated management support. You stated early on that the intention was for applications for SFI not to need paid professional advice yet I can see many farms will now need exactly that to optimise their engagement. This was always likely to be an unintended consequence of adding flexibility. Is it now time to seriously consider my suggestion of adopting dedicated named individual officers within DEFRA, each partnered to a small number of farming businesses, who can act as advisers in regard to the process and help to overcome any bureaucratic hurdles the farm may encounter? These officers would need a wide remit but could prove revolutionary in increasing uptake and overcoming the perceived conflict between farmers and DEFRA. [/QUOTE]
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