Proposals would see the basic income support system of subsidies scrapped and farmers being paid out of public funds for environmental services
Source: National Trust calls for complete reform of British farm subsidies | Environment | The Guardian
Higher EU agricultural subsidies helped the farming business of Sir James Dyson to make a profit for the first time last year. Beeswax Dyson Farming generated a pre-tax profit of £747,000, compared to a loss […]
The UK Government is planning major changes to how farming is conducted and how farmers are paid. Legislation introduced to Parliament on 12 September would replace payments linked to land with funding for providing “public goods”. […]
Phil Bicknell, Market Intelligence Director of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), today claimed that Brexit threatens to reduce UK farm incomes by as much as 50 percent. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, […]
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