Tesco Farmers to Get £10m Payout Under New Green Incentives
Tesco has announced new financial incentives for more than 400 British farmers, in a move it claimed could see them benefit from more than £10m in additional payments in the first year alone.
From next month 260 UK dairy farmers, belonging to the supermarket’s Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG) and who supply milk through Müller UK, will earn up to an extra 2.5p per litre of milk if key targets on emissions reduction, animal health, feed conversion efficiency and genetic improvements are achieved.
The group will also take part in a “baselining” exercise over the next year to establish targets for soil, water and biodiversity improvements...
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