Farmers feel abandoned as Defra axes thousands of green contracts
Source: BBC
James McCarthyBBC News, West of EnglandGetty ImagesThousands of Countryside Stewardship agreements will end in DecemberFarmers say they feel abandoned as thousands of long-running nature scheme payments are set to end.According to a Freedom of Information request by the National Farmers' Union (NFU), 5,830 Countryside Stewardship (CS) agreements will stop in December.These provide financial incentives to put in…
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