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A joint initiative has been launched to provide a 'clear roadmap' to sustainable farming

Farming Minister Mark Spencer has batted away concerns that the increased Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme payments announced this morning (January 5) are ‘too little, too late’.

For many farmers, the end of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is a headache they have yet to find a workable treatment for.

The Foundation for Common Land (FCL) has warned the last three per cent of England’s collectively managed land is at risk of being lost due to the slow development of the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.