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Anyone not currently on Natural England's shortlist will have to 'wait until later in the year' for guidance on how to access the scheme

National Sheep Association (NSA) chief executive Phil Stocker shares his thoughts following a meeting on March 17 with Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and other industry leaders to discuss the closure of SFI

The Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL) grant scheme has been extended until March 2026

The programme, which opens for applications this spring, enables farmers to run trials of new technologies which may not otherwise be viable

Simon Haley, founder of SRH Agribusiness, said for farms in England, REPF had been the sole funding avenue for on-farm diversification projects since 2019

Funding sought by livestock farmers for the roofing capital option RP28 to assist with compliance in reducing water pollution for silage stores and livestock manure storage areas was now ‘less' under the new caps

Simon Britton, of Knight Frank, said struggling 'upland farmers' could benefit from a redesign of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme but arable and lowland livestock farms may need to 'reconsider expectations'

Patrick Holden, chief executive of the Sustainable Food Trust, has called for a ‘coalition of stakeholders' to reward farmers for ‘positive climate, nature and social outcomes' as part of a ‘Sustainable Markets Initiative'

Exmoor farmer Robin Milton said ‘trust and confidence in SFI had been wrecked' and it would take ‘some exceptionally good assurance' before many farmers would trust integrating it into their business again

Can we reimagine the way crops are grown similar to a car assembly line? And in a smart farm, could robots soon be monitoring, planting, picking and packing the millions of lettuces eaten in the UK every year?