Smaller farms in England to be prioritised for nature funding, minister to announce
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from Environment | The Guardian on (#72NQE)
Emma Reynolds is expected to say an application window for the Sustainable Farming Incentive will be opened to smaller and new farms first
Smaller farms will be prioritised for nature funding, the environment secretary is to announce, in a shake-up of post-EU nature subsidies.
Emma Reynolds is expected to tell the Oxford Farming Conference on Thursday that in June an application window for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will be opened solely for smaller farms and new entrants to the scheme, with larger farms only allowed to apply from September.
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