Farms facing ‘cash crisis’ in wake of abrupt SFI subsidy scheme closure

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Just 4.5% of farmers polled by the CLA said they had achieved all they wanted from the SFI, with the vast majority planning to apply for further subsidy cash

Farming incomes have been “devastated” by the government’s abrupt closure of its Sustainable Farming Incentive, according to new research by the Country Land & Business Association.

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