The Farm To Tap scheme has been well supported, with 46,000 hectares signed up - as well as 2,180 hectares of new habitat created - and 2,300 grants awarded in the first six years. They have been used for a wide variety of ideas: "We have helped fund the building of dedicated pesticide and spray washdown areas on farmsteads; establishment of low-input grassland areas; constructed wetlands to help manage phosphorous losses and installing features like bio filters for pesticides.
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