Environmental Stewardship options uptake June 09 update

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Environmental Stewardship options uptake June 09 update

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farm-advice 16 Jun 2009, 11:47 AM

I have attached the latest uptake figures for Environmental Stewardship. The top ten options selected in current Entry Level Stewardship agreements are (with % of agreements taking them up and average area / length of option undertaken per agreement using the option) are as follows:

1. hedgerow management one-side (59% 3418m)
2. hedgerow management two-sides (53% 3492m)
3. low-input grassland outside SDA (42% 15 ha)
4. ditch management (29% 1776m)
5. very low-input grassland outside SDA (29% 8 ha)
6. crop protection management plan (28% 193 ha)
7. soil management plan (28% 192 ha)
8. nutrient management plan (27% 205 ha)
9. enhanced hedgerow management (27% 2921m)
10. manure management plan (24% 174 ha)

There is still the legacy of the management plan options which were ruled out of new agreements by the EU in 2007