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<p>Our proposed lump sum exit scheme will provide support for farmers in England who
wish to exit the industry. By doing so, this will free up land for new entrants and
those farmers who wish to expand.</p><p>In 2018, we undertook a survey of around 1,000
farmers as part of our planning for the Agriculture Act. 6% of those surveyed said
they wanted to leave farming but felt they were not able to do so at that time. Financial
reasons were given as the main barrier.</p><p>There will be a range of factors which
will affect individual farmers' decisions about whether they wish to take the lump
sum and exit farming. The consultation will be used to gather further evidence about
likely uptake.</p><p>Our consultation can be found here: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconsult.defra.gov.uk%2Fagricultural-policy%2Flump-sum-and-delinked-payments-england%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cemma.pryor%40defra.gov.uk%7C9e06e13f9d49411ea3bf08d921e55a43%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C1%7C0%7C637578091212593417%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=V2gT0jBUi5zh%2B8Jnjsu4YaGhcX0x4VbpURvwTvK1ISo%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/agricultural-policy/lump-sum-and-delinked-payments-england/</a>.
This consultation is open until 11 August 2021.</p>
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