Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support farmer cash flow and access to credit.

The Government has allocated a record £11.8bn to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. This is being targeted to a range of grants and schemes which farmers can use to support cashflow.

Defra grants include the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), with application window 1 due to open in June 2026. This reformed SFI offer will ensure more farmers can support their cash flow by accessing SFI funding.

Defra officials regularly engage with financial institutions providing farm lending and will continue to work to ensure farmers have access to finance.