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Farmers are offered additional time to complete their Countryside Stewardship 2024 applications, as long as applications were started by 15 September

Defra was probed on a specific date in autumn in which the online checker would open, but failed to give one. They said they were preparing to launch round two of the scheme and guidance would be issued soon

AHDB in partnership with LEAF are offering 20 farmers from England and Wales fully funded training and support to host school visits, to give more children the chance to experience a working farm

NFU advises farmers to refer back to the current guidance of the scheme before completing the online checker, to ensure their proposal has the best possible chance of being approved

Almost 3,000 people sign open letter to Therese Coffey asking her to reconsider policies and back the farming industry

Farmers who have secured Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements by the end of October will be paid a proportion of the monies by December

Surveys criticising livestock farmers are having a ‘detrimental impact' on their mental health and well-being.

Defra has announced its SFI 23 rollout will now be open for applications from September 18.

With warnings from the Senedd about tighter future budgets, farmers were left questioning how they could expect to deliver on both environmental and food production targets

Defra says it is responding to farmer feedback as it announces new application timeline