Agronomist & Arable Farmer
Basic Income for Farmers (BI4Farmers), a new campaign group advocating economic stability in the farming sector, has written to Food Security & Rural Affairs Minister Daniel Zeichner calling on the Government to reverse its cap on Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications and explore a basic income for all agricultural workers.
The letter, co-signed by farmers from around England, as well as the Green Party and Labour MPs, highlights the financial uncertainty now facing farmers, farmworkers, and food producers in the country — many of whom had already incorporated expected SFI payments into their financial planning.
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