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The government signaled a review of the farm subsidies that reward land owners for their work on the environment.
The NFU farm union requested a delay in the implementation of the environmental land management schemes.
The EU has a common agricultural policy.
The government is quickly reviewing its plans.
The biggest shake-up of farm policy in England for 40 years was the introduction of ELMS.
The majority of the grants were paid based on the amount of land a farmer owned, which led to criticisms that the payments benefited the wealthiest.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs canceled meetings about the new ELMS subsidy framework after a number of people had meetings about it.
Hilary McGrady is the director-general of the National Trust.
She said that rather than ramping up action to support our environment, this government appeared to be heading in the opposite direction.
Martin Lines is a farmer and chairman of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, which promotes sustainable farming.
He said that if the government is stalling, it is failing its duty of leadership.
The sustainable farming incentive is one of the payment schemes.
Farmers could be paid subsidies based on the environmental work they do, such as improving water and soil health.
Smaller farms were worried that the new nature-friendly system wouldn't be enough to keep them in business.
Minette Batters said her organisation wanted a delay.
She said that they called for a delay because they believed that the SFI needed to have more detail and make money.
We have always called for a better policy that delivers for the environment and food.
The larger-scale rewilding projects should be paid for with private money.
Billions of dollars in green finance are looking to invest in wild environments. She said that the private sector should be more efficient.
Delaying ELMS by two years would reduce the savings in agricultural emissions by half, according to a report by the Green Alliance.
Environmental groups were warned of the review's news.
Craig Bennett, chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts, said that reverting to an agricultural system where people are given taxpayers' money on the basis of how much land they own would be a bad idea. It won't be fair and unsustainable.
Richard Benwell, chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link, said that farmers should be paid more and paid well for delivering environmental recovery.
Any suggestion that farmers be paid based on the amount of land they own would be a waste of time and money. Area-based payments don't work well.
The department was reviewing its plans due to the government's aims of boosting food security and economic growth.
In light of the current global economic situation, we know that the cost of inputs has gone up, so we will continue our engagement with the sector to make sure the outcomes that
Each nation has its own subsidy scheme for agricultural policy.
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