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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

With the family farm tax hanging over the agricultural industry and the policy continuing to dominate headlines across national and farming press, Íæż½ã½ã puts readers’ questions directly to industry experts

The Government has pulled the rug out from under farmers across England, according to Alastair Carmichael

James Turner, steering group member of Clee View Íæż½ã½ã, conveys the group's reaction to the Government's closure of SFI 24

An emergency roundtable on the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has been held this afternoon (March 17) between Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and farming organisations

TFA representative George Renner said despite indication from Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner at an ‘emergency' industry roundtable that a ‘stripped back version' of SFI would be available this summer, commitments from the Minister were still ‘very woolly'

Mr Lines, chief executive of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, writes about Defra’s sudden SFI closure, how farm support payments are 'failing' farmers, the urgent action needed and why farmers cannot wait 18 months

Have 'keyboard warriors' played a role in influencing Ms Gougeon's decision to stand down from politics in 2026?

Victoria Vyvyan, president of the CLA, said the country's planning system was in ‘crisis' and was ‘stagnating growth in the countryside'

Mr Dungait is a tenant farmer from Morpeth in Northumberland and former chair of NYFC. He writes about why farmers feel hurt and betrayed since Labour came to power, his time in NFYFC and why he wants to enter politics