Today's Times regards today's launch of the Campaign for the Farmed Environment as a last chance for English farmers to adopt green measures - wow! That sounds a bit harsh really - given the good work by so many farmers already!
But Peter Kendall, the NFU President, is quoted as saying '“Many farmers do a lot of valuable work at their own expense. But we know, too, of the cynical minority who have never been involved in agri-environment schemes and it is our task to get them involved.” .
Those are tough words to come from an NFU President and demonstrates the seriousness with which the NFU and CLA are taking the task. Good for them!
And the RSPB is keen to work with farmers who want to do even more for wildlife on their land - or who want to take their first steps in that direction.