Sustainable Farming Incentive is open for applications June 2022

[Humble Village Farmer]

With the greatest of respect to those involved, I do get a little worried when members of organisations such a NFFN and BASE have influence over the likes of Janet Hughes and her colleagues.

Whilst I might support many of the principals behind those organisations, there is a danger that their influence might be seen in a similar way to organisations such as the RSPB to it.

The vast majority of us will have principals which we each follow. But we are all farmers and ELMs and SFI affects all farmers, not just those belonging to specialist sections of it. Especially those that support a type of farming that is seen by some as revolutionary, rather than the norm.

We know that Andersons, a well respected Farm Management Company was asked by Defra for help in setting ELMs principals and it became very obvious that they got it wrong and consequently their reputation suffered.
Some view it that Andersons muscled in on Defra to become their advisors on the subject.
I’d hate to see a similar fete happen to what will be viewed as a specialist membership club within general farmers.
Or that the principals of such organisations over-influence the final outcome of where ELMs and SFI end up!

To my mind, it is imperative that the views of all farmers are taken into consideration, not just a few specialists with what might appear to be clever sound-bite, attractive-to-the-public, named Farming groups.

You hear people say similar kinds of things about the NFU, which arguably has the loudest voice of all.

Ultimately it's the taxpayer's money, so politicians are going to want to do what the voters want. There are probably more people in favour of rewilding, for example than all the farmers and landowners in the country.

I doubt one of them is concerned about getting enough to eat.

 

[Huno]

Opinion: Stewardship had been good to us. Will ELM be too? - Farmers Weekly

It’s cold. My vision is intermittently obscured by the rising condensation of my breath. The inaugural notes of the dawn chorus carry across the

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[Huno]

Maybe this a week for clarity Janet? Yet another FW opinion young farmer wondering what on earth DEFRA are up to and when we will be able to make a plan for our businesses???

 

[yellow belly]

Crickey.. what if whole fields are economically unproductive then?

Take up a whole field option

 

[Vader]

Take up a whole field option

Done that on a few!

 

[MartinLines]

Defra adds six new standards to SFI scheme for 2023 - Farmers Weekly

Industry leaders have welcomed Defra’s response to their calls for a more robust Sustainable Farming Incentive for 2023, which provides much-needed

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[Huno]

Post-Brexit farm subsidies in England revealed

Farmers will be eligible for funding for up to 280 actions that protect environment under new system

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[Sid]

Announcement tomorro

Defra adds six new standards to SFI scheme for 2023 - Farmers Weekly

Industry leaders have welcomed Defra’s response to their calls for a more robust Sustainable Farming Incentive for 2023, which provides much-needed

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Had an over view yesterday but as always devil's in the detail.
Should be on .gov later today?

 

[Huno]

The is sure to be alive and well in the detail for sure! At least with BPS we could add detail??

 

[delilah]

Defra doing a webinar for pilots this evening, hopefully someone on here will be able to report back with more detail.

 

[delilah]

Defra adds six new standards to SFI scheme for 2023 - Farmers Weekly

Industry leaders have welcomed Defra’s response to their calls for a more robust Sustainable Farming Incentive for 2023, which provides much-needed

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So what has happened to the DD subsidy ? They haven't ditched it have they ? They must be lunatics @Clive
Best get that wallet open @neilo

 

[StormInATeaCup]

I’m not expecting the double funding rules to change so SFI standards and CSS options will not be able to be stacked. Farmers in stewardship agreements effectively lose their BPS without any replacement - a disaster for English farmers whilst the other home countries continue direct support. I would love to be proved wrong!

 

[bobk]

Post-Brexit farm subsidies in England revealed

Farmers will be eligible for funding for up to 280 actions that protect environment under new system

www.theguardian.com

 

[Huno]

If you are listening @Janet Hughes Defra we now need all CS+ options to be weighted by numbers 1 to 280 in the order that they provide the worst to best environmental improvement.. Why you ask? Because many of us are now trapped under double funding rules and the only way to get out of our current agreements is to carry out a higher level of delivery according to the RPA...
WEIGHTED CS+ options ( all 280 of them!) by outcome are all we can use for business planning now as the payment rates on their own with or without SFI dont add up? Thank you

 

[delilah]

A £45/ha payment is available for no use of insecticide.

On all farmland ?

 

[Huno]

So what has happened to the DD subsidy ? They haven't ditched it have they ? They must be lunatics @Clive
Best get that wallet open @neilo

What is DD? That can be defined in so many ways but the Carbon credit people say not below 10cm and do what you like above that.. Gov cant prescribe that rule and cant afford to monitor and enforce it.. hence DD is quite rightly not in CS+

 

[bobk]

A £45/ha payment is available for no use of insecticide.

On all farmland ?

Crops only no doubt , we'll be scratting around to get 50 quid an acre over the whole farm

 

[Huno]

A £45/ha payment is available for no use of insecticide.

On all farmland ?

No it will clash with AB14 for example where this already happens and double funding is caused for example..DEVIL..DETAIL...

 

[tepapa]

A £45/ha payment is available for no use of insecticide.

On all farmland ?

Like a payment on permanent pasture you think it'll never be allowed.

 

[J 1177]

If true i could manage that, use very very little as is

A £45/ha payment is available for no use of insecticide.

On all farmland ?