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4,000 farmers could miss out as Defra admits there is no SFI or CS schemes for commons

'Lack of functionality' in computer system is blamed

Jane Thynne
Head of News and Business
clock • 2 min read
Julia Aglionby, executive director of the Foundation for Common Land said the news 4,000 farmers may be left out of schemes was 'deeply disappointing'
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Julia Aglionby, executive director of the Foundation for Common Land said the news 4,000 farmers may be left out of schemes was 'deeply disappointing'

Common land farmers are set to miss out on certain Environmental Land Management (ELM) support schemes after both Defra and the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) this week acknowledged there is no mechanism...

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