Higher Tier now opens to traditional orchards and wet grassland for wintering waders
Since 3 November you can express an interest in two more Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier single-focus agreements, without waiting to be invited: traditional orchards (£264 per hectare a year to manage, £471 to create) and wet grassland for wintering waders and wildfowl (£547 per hectare a year). What each pays, which land qualifies, who should not send an expression of interest yet, and what happens after the form.
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