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• 27/09/26 'Shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process; British baked beans

  24-09-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  
  'Shambolic', 'disheartening' and 'carnage' - some of the words being used by farmers to describe the application process for England's biggest farm environmental scheme that opened, and closed, on Tuesday. This is the Sustainable Farming Incentive, which pays farmers for environmental work, like planting hedges or improving soil. On Tuesday, the total budget available was £233 million, it was a first come, first served system, with thousands of farmers applying and in six hours all the mon
  
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• 24/09/26 'Shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process, British baked beans

  24-09-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  
  'Shambolic', 'disheartening' and 'carnage' - some of the words being used by farmers to describe the application process for England's biggest farm environmental scheme that opened, and closed, on Tuesday. This is the Sustainable Farming Incentive, which pays farmers for environmental work, like planting hedges or improving soil. On Tuesday, the total budget available was £233 million, it was a first come, first served system, with thousands of farmers applying and in six hours all the mon
  
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