Savills senior woodland consultant Luke Hemmings said there were many landowners who were keen to increase their carbon storage and habitat potential of their land, but the ‘approval process' for planting new woodland was an issue
The increase in funding for farm productivity from 40 to 50 per cent, on top of the extra money available for solar panels, means the Improving Productivity Grant is likely to be even more popular among farmers this time around
SRH Agribusiness’ Simon Haley looks at how Government can boost take up of the Sustainable Farming Incentive
Wales' Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths said: "We have to get this right, the future of food production in Wales depends on it." Welsh Government's analysis of the SFS consultation will be published in the late Spring
Â鶹ŮÀÉ had hoped to hear further details at last week's NFU Scotland's conference
NFU Cymru said the projections from Welsh Government's latest SFS impact assessment predicted a 'shocking scenario' for Welsh farming
After a challenging year in the organic dairy sector, our chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at the prospect for the market going forward
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan said many farmers in her constituency who were currently undertaking positive environmental work are ‘ineligible' for the SFI scheme
CLA Cymru said it worked out at a '12.9 per cent reduction in the rural affairs budget', hollowing out around £50 million in support for farming. But the Welsh Government said Basic Payment Scheme payments would be maintained at £238m for 2024
The application portal for SFI will be closed between December 27 2023- January 2 2024. Any draft SFI applications that are not submitted before December 31 2023 will be lost and not recoverable when the portal reopens again in the new year