The Treasury is currently consulting on the taxation of environmental land management and ecosystem service markets. Set against the target for the agricultural sector to have 85% of farms engaged in low carbon practices by 2035, ecosystems service markets are…
ADBA welcomes the announcement from the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the publication of further information on the Environmental Land Management Schemes. While ADBA appreciates the inclusion of a nutrient management standard under the SFI,…
Last week myself and some of the team attended the third AgriSustainability Talk – “Sustainable Agriculture: what is already working” hosted by the Brazilian Embassy and Apex Brasil. The day was attended by a number of Brazilian officials and industry…
Last week, Defra released an overview of the anticipated Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMS) and is calling on farmers to register their interest in taking part in the next stage of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme. The SFI, one…
On 30 November 2020 The Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Environment Secretary, unveiled his plans for the agricultural transition period at an Oxford Farming Conference. Defra released the document ‘The Path to Sustainable Farming: An Agricultural Transition Plan 2021 to…
ELMS (Environmental Land Management Scheme) On Friday 31st July ADBA responded to Defra’s Policy Discussion consultation on the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS). The response was focussed around the questions posed by Defra in the Policy Discussion consultation, which focussed…
