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²ÝÁñÉçÇø in 'limbo' pull out of 'inefficient' SFI 2024 applications

²ÝÁñÉçÇø have claimed it is a 'waste of time' to wait for a scheme which they may not even be accepted into

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Arable farmer Richard Heady said: "We have to drill it now because we cannot leave a business asset empty for so long without the certainty of knowing if we will be accepted onto a scheme or not."
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Arable farmer Richard Heady said: "We have to drill it now because we cannot leave a business asset empty for so long without the certainty of knowing if we will be accepted onto a scheme or not."

Food producers have taken fate into their own hands by pulling out of their Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications for 2024 early, despite waiting on offers to be made by Government. James...

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