Concerns of a 'potential crisis' building for upland farmers with delays to Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier

The NFU has expressed ‘extreme concern' to reports the scheme is now unlikely to open until mid-2025

Rachael Brown
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Concerns of a 'potential crisis' building for upland farmers with delays to Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier

The CLA president Victoria Vyvyan warned the Defra Secretary Steve Reed at the CLA conference last week of a ‘potential crisis' building in the uplands farming community, with a concerning gap between...

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