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Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more natureThe richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).Farming groups and climate experts have warned that such a plan would “leave farmers in the cold” and make it more difficult for the UK to reach net zero by 2050. Continue reading…
Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more nature
The richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Farming groups and climate experts have warned that such a plan would “leave farmers in the cold” and make it more difficult for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.