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3:42 PM May 27, 2021
Jake Fiennes is head of conservation at the Holkham estate and a member of the National Farmers Union (NFU) environment forum
- Credit: Denise Bradley
More than 200 East Anglian farmers have signed up to trial a new environmental payment scheme, set to replace subsidies being phased out after Brexit.
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is one of three tiers of the government s post-Brexit Environmental Land Management System (ELMS), which aims to replace the existing EU system of land-based subsidies with a new one rewarding farmers for providing public goods such as enhancing habitats and reducing carbon emissions.
Luke Paterson of Dilham Hall with one of the glamping pods at Tonnage Bridge
- Credit: Chris Hill
When Luke Paterson took on his family s farm five years ago, he could not have predicted the economic shocks which were to follow.
But despite Brexit, harvest disasters and a worldwide pandemic, the business has thrived - thanks to a diversification strategy which has equipped it with new incomes and the resilience to ride out the storms of an ever-changing industry.
Mr Paterson is the fourth generation of his family to farm at Dilham Hall, near North Walsham.
He bought his brother Joe out of the business in 2016 - a move which itself was only possible due to the security of income from his brokerage firm Paterson Ag, which recently celebrated its tenth anniversary.