Devon County Council has announced the regions farmers will be able to access £2.6million in funding, following the council's successful application to the Farming Resilience Programme

The project aims to boost the rural economy by helping farmers to improve their business and the environment, and having previously covered Devon and Somerset, it will now also take in Dorset, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

It was initially piloted in 2020 in response to the reductions of EU funded Direct Payments which will stop altogether in 2027.

The loss of the Direct Payments will remove around £883 million of income from the four counties during the transition period to 2027.

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Devon County Council - Funding to help boost resilience of rural economy