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Sustainable Farming Incentive: Cider

Commons · Question 6185 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 9 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Mark Garnier

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the incentives in the Sustainable Farming Incentive for cider apple orchards.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 9 Oct 2024

The expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer published in May 2024 includes capital grants to plant cider apple trees as part of an Agro-forestry system, and ongoing payments for actions which could be used in or around cider orchards such as fl...