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As a result of the European Union exit the current BPS for farming subsidies is being replaced with new environmental land management schemes.ÌýÌýDEFRA is changing how it makes payments to agricultural landowners/farmers in England
(other nations in the UK will have their own plans).

There are 3 new schemes that will reward environmental land management and are intended to support the rural economy:Ìý

Ìý Ìý ÌýSustainable Farming Incentive (SFI),
Ìý Ìý Ìý- which will pay farmers to adopt and maintain sustainable farming practices that can protect and improve
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Ìý Ìý ÌýCountryside Stewardship (CS),
Ìý Ìý Ìý- which will pay for more targeted actions relating to specific locations, features and habitats.

Ìý Ìý ÌýLandscape Recovery,
Ìý Ìý Ìý- which will pay for bespoke, longer-term, larger scale projects to enhance the natural environment.

The current BPS scheme, which provides direct payments to farmers ended on 31 December 2023.

Delinked payments will replace BPS in 2024 and will be phased out by 2027.

As part of the phasing out of direct payments, the eligibility criteria will be de-linked from the land from 1 January 2024. This means that recipients will no longer have to farm the land to receive the payments.
The mechanism for phasing out the direct payments is Progressive Reductions with the Progressive Reductions calculator to assist you.Ìý More information can be found here -
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