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Defra re-opens Capital Grants and 拢30m uplift in Higher Level Stewardship

Defra Secretary Steve Reed said farmers and land managers who had been the 鈥榩ioneers of nature-friendly farming', would now 鈥榝inally get a fair price for their work'

Rachael Brown
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Defra re-opens Capital Grants and 拢30m uplift in Higher Level Stewardship

The Government has announced a 拢30 million uplift in payment rates for existing Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) agreements with 鈥榠mmediate effect,' alongside the re-opening of Capital Grants 鈥榯his summer'...

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