Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 33053

Grasslands: Sustainable Farming Incentive

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 4 March 2025

Question

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal DemocratBath

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the total land entered into the Sustainable Farming Incentive herbal ley action (CSAM3) has been on priority habitat grassland; and how many hectares of priority hab

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The published Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) CSAM3 herbal ley guidance protects priority habitat grassland by explicitly stating that the only eligible land types are arable, temporary grassland and improved permanent grassland. It also notes that Pr...

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