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Sustainable Farming Incentive

Commons · Question 38603 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2025

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Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme on farmers who had planned to transition to the new land mana

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Mar 2025

On 11 March 2025, we published forecasts which suggest that Average Farm Business Income has risen in 2024/25 across all farm types with the exception of cereal farms. This follows a fall in income for most farm types in 2023/24, after some exceptional hi...