Farmers are waiting for clarity over what post-EU support they will get to improve the environment.
By Shaun Peel and Nic RigbyFarmers have called on the government to clarify what post-EU support they will receive to improve the environment, six years after the Brexit vote.After the UK left the EU, instead of European subsidies a replacement scheme was proposed for farmers, but this has been put back.Farmers are seeking certainty from the government over post-EU subsidies
Alongside payments for sustainable farming practices such as managing soils, Elms was designed to pay for "local nature recovery" habitat creation on farms and "landscape recovery" projects to restore nature at a large scale, including rewilding schemes.Therese Coffey is the new Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
"But I feel quite let down by the government for the lack of information and clarity to help the whole farm industry transition to something better."