House of Lords
13 July 2026
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House of Lords
01:47 - 01:51
Speaker 1
I beg leave to ask the question standing in my name in the order paper.
01:51 - 02:11
Speaker 2
My Lords, the sustainable farming incentive is largely aligned with regenerative agriculture. There are actions for cover crops, no-till farming, and providing insect-rich habitats. Furthermore, SFI includes actions for precision application of crop nutrients and pesticides.
02:11 - 02:56
Speaker 1
So I thank the noble lady the minister for her response. It's good to hear that the government will move towards increased SFI funding with a focus on regenerative agricultural practice. However, my Lords, much of the scientific evidence suggests that adopting these techniques can reduce crop yields in the first three to five years. So can the minister reassure the house that the SFI agreements are sizeable and have long-term certainty beyond the current treasury settlement so that farmers know that they will be supported through this critical five-year transition period because without that, I believe there'll be very low uptake in these SFIs.
02:56 - 03:24
Speaker 3
Well, one thing we wanted to do when we brought in the new offer was to take away the uncertainty as to what was happening with SFIs in the longer term. So what we have done is we have made it clear that we will keep the main SFI offer largely stable from now until the end of this parliament in order to provide certainty to farmers about the fact that we are going to be continuing this kind of SFI offer.
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