On Tuesday morning, farmer Peter Hatley logged on(登录) to his computer at 10am. England’s 2026 sustainable farming incentive(可持续农业激励计划) (SFI) was opening for applicants and, after three bad harvests, the money would be a lifeline(救命稻草).
周二上午10点，农民彼得·哈特利登录电脑。英格兰2026年可持续农业激励计划（SFI）即将开放申请，在经历了三次歉收之后，这笔钱将是他的救命稻草。
But Hatley, who runs a 240-hectare(公顷) family farm in Cambridgeshire, was faced with repeated error messages. He called the government’s helpline, which he says acknowledged there were problems with the scheme, but says by the time the problem was fixed, the money had gone.(他致电政府求助热线，他说对方承认计划存在问题，但等到问题修复时，资金已经没了。)
但哈特利——在剑桥郡经营着一个240公顷的家庭农场——却不断遇到错误提示。他致电政府求助热线，他说对方承认计划存在问题，但等到问题修复时，资金已经没了。
“We tried our utmost(尽了最大努力). We were fully prepared; everything was checked and triple-checked and through no fault of our own(并非自己的过错) we were denied(剥夺) this opportunity. I’m shell-shocked(极度震惊),” he says.
“我们尽了最大努力。我们准备充分；所有东西都检查了又检查，可我们却因为并非自己的过错而被剥夺了这次机会。我整个人都懵了，”他说。