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Update: how we’re getting on with details and delivery

Posted by: Janet Hughes, Posted on: 12 August 2021 - Categories: environmental land management schemes, Future Farming and Countryside Programme

At the start of this year I posted about what we had in store for the year. This post is about how we’re getting on and what’s coming next.

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The year ahead: details and delivery

Posted by: Janet Hughes, Posted on: 28 January 2021 - Categories: Future Farming and Countryside Programme

This is the year of details and delivery for the future farming programme as we work to implement the Agricultural Transition Plan. In this post, Janet Hughes explains what you can expect to see happen this year.

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This is us, working in the open

Posted by: Janet Hughes, Posted on: 27 November 2020 - Categories: Future Farming and Countryside Programme

We're the team working on the Future of Farming programme, which is all about how farming policy will change over the next 7 years.

We'll use this blog to share our work. We'll post regular updates, some about the big, important announcements but mostly about smaller steps we take along the way.

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Sustainable Farming Incentive update (12 May 2025)

Those who started an SFI application within 2 months of 11 March 2025 but did not submit it by that date will be given 6 weeks to complete an application, subject to specific restrictions, including a cap of £9,300 per year per agreement. 

Read the full update from Food Security and Rural Affairs Minister Daniel Zeichner.

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