UK Government, Sustainable Farming

Government under fire over abrupt closure of key nature-friendly farming scheme
Government under fire over abrupt closure of key nature-friendly farming scheme - Ministers said the budget for the sustainable farming incentive had been spent.
Farmer 'devastated' as government scheme closes
A farmer has said news that a government scheme to support farmers is now fully subscribed is "devastating". Tom Martin, who farms at Haddon, near Peterborough, said he was "lucky" to be a part of the government's sustainable farming incentive (SFI), but that not all farmers had managed to put an application in.
Frustration as UK Government pauses the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme
Today the UK Government has paused all new applications from farmers to access England’s flagship green farming scheme.
Government closes SFI scheme for England, but what next?
Defra's sudden announcement that the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will close for new applications has caused a huge earthquake, but what happens next?
14/03/25 - Farming Minister on closing the environmental farming scheme
The Farming Minister has told Farming Today that it's the success of England's biggest environmental scheme which has led to its closure. As we've reported this week, there has been a furious reaction to the Government's decision to close the SFI to new applicants.
Farmers accuse Labour of 'another betrayal' as subsidy scheme closes
Defra last night said it was halting new applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive, set up in 2021 as part of the replacement for the EU's £3.5billion common agricultural policy.
Farm staff 'let down' by green fund closure
A government decision to close a green funding scheme will mean Dorset farms will struggle to achieve sustainable practices, ...
Farmers in Somerset feel 'abandoned' as government pulls vital support
Somerset’s farmers have been “hung out to dry” by a government that neither listens to nor understands rural Britain, MPs ...
Labour blasted for 'most cruel betrayal' in 'another shattering blow' for farmers
James Wright, farmer and policy director at Conservative Rural Forum, said that Labour "withdrawing the scheme with no notice ...
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Fury as Defra confirms sudden closure of SFI applications
The government has confirmed it will stop accepting new applications for the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, a ...
Farmers outraged as key sustainable farming subsidy closed at short notice
The farming sector has been blind-sided by the announcement to close applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive ...
Government accused of ‘crucifying’ farmers as protest held at Westminster
The Labour Government has been accused of “crucifying” farmers as they descended on Westminster in tractors in protest over ...
'Shattering blow' to farmers over pause to environmental payment scheme
The agricultural community has reacted with anger over changes to the Sustainable Farming Incentive - with a union claiming it was only given half an hour's warning.
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Shock at loss to Herefordshire farms of Sustainable Farming Incentive
Herefordshire representatives have expressed shock at the Government’s sudden decision yesterday (March 11) to halt new applications to ...
Furious farmers erupt at Keir Starmer's Brexit betrayal after halting key lifeline
Ministers have been accused of “treating farmers with contempt” by halting applications for a major post- Brexit payment ...