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Environment to benefit from ‘biggest farming shake-up in 50 years’,The Guardian,20.11.30

‎£1.6bn subsidies for owning land in England to end, with funds going to improve nature

Wildlife, nature and the climate will benefit from the biggest shake-up in farming policy in England for 50 years, according to government plans.

The £1.6bn subsidy farmers receive every year for simply owning land will be phased out by 2028, with the funds used instead to pay them to restore wild habitats, create new woodlands, boost soils and cut pesticide use.

Brexit: Ministers unveil next steps in England's farming policy,BBC,20.11.30

‎ England's countryside will radically change after the Brexit transition period, the government has confirmed.

There will be more trees, meadows and wetlands - and fewer sheep and cows as controversial EU farm subsidies are phased out.

Ministers say it's the most fundamental shift in farm policy for 50 years.

Under the outgoing EU system, farmers got taxpayers' money based on the amount of land they farm. The richer the farmer, the more the grant.

This scheme will be replaced in the UK when the post-Brexit transition period ends on 31 December.

The new system, named Environmental Land Management (ELM), will pay farmers if they prevent floods, plant woods and help wildlife.

Environment Secretary George Eustice told BBC Breakfast the changes would not happen overnight, and that prices for food "will remain broadly stable".

"This will be an evolution not a revolution," he said.