A dairy farmer who applied for Countryside Stewardship (CS) funding for hedgerow management has been paid under the old rate – despite Defra’s promise of an uplift in payment rates for farmers. David Brookes, who farms in Lower Loxley, near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, submitted a claim totalling £3,089 under the CS Capital Grants scheme in January. […]
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