NEW INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION ABOUT THE ELMS SCHEME

This week, Defra published Farming for the Future: Policy Progress and Update on GOV.UK. providing detail on the Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme and other planned schemes to support productivity, animal health and welfare.

Defra has also launched its Environmental Land Management (ELM) Policy Discussion Document setting out their initial thinking on the design of the new ELM scheme. This is a consultation and you can give feedback on this website or e mail  elmfeedback@defra.gov.uk  The consultation is open for 10 weeks, until the first week of May.   Defra is organising regional consultation workshops and details will be circulated when received.