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<p>Outside the bureaucratic Common Agricultural Policy, we are freeing farmers to
enhance the natural environment alongside food production, supporting our drive to
reach net-zero by 2050. We will deliver this by pressing ahead with our Environmental
Land Management schemes and phase out direct payments.</p><p><br> As we set out in
the Agricultural Transition Plan, we are providing a package of ongoing funding and
one-off grants to support farmers with environmental actions, food production and
productivity. We’ve already opened two new environmental land management schemes –
the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Landscape Recovery - and already have thousands
of farmers applying. That’s alongside Countryside Stewardship, which continues to
offer payment for environmental actions, and will be enhanced to deliver our high
environmental ambition. In parallel to the schemes, we have launched a number of grants
for one-off funding to support productivity, such as money for new equipment and technology,
slurry storage and water management. We urge all farmers to look at our schemes and
grants and to decide what works for their farm business.</p><p><br> In 2021/22 there
were at least 39,000 instances of businesses accessing at least one of the schemes
available under the Agricultural Transition Plan. And so far in 2022/23, the number
of businesses is at least 48,000 businesses. Of these 32,000 businesses (2021/22),
and 36,000 businesses (2022/23) accessed at least one of the environmental land management
schemes available under the Agricultural Transition Plan.</p>
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