Three crop rule is “utter madness”, says NFU President
The concerns of thousands of farmers in England over the three crop rule which will be a requirement of the next CAP have again been raised with the European Commission by NFU President Peter Kendall. Describing the rule as “utter madness”, Mr Kendall has called on the Commission to scrap the rule at the earliest […]
Implementation of CAP announced
Today, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has announced that the amount of funding transferred from farmers’ direct payments to the budget for environmental and rural growth schemes will be increased from 9% to 12%. The demand for environmental schemes and the competiveness of English agriculture will be reviewed in 2016, with the intention of moving to […]
FUW condemns CAP funding changes by Welsh Government
FUW president Emyr Jones said: “Scotland announced a rate of 9.5% today and other EU states and regions are expected to announce low rates. “Under the Minister’s announcement, 15% of farmers’ direct payments (Pillar 1) will be transferred into the Rural Development programme (Pillar 2) which funds, amongst other things, agri-environment, processing, marketing tourism and […]
NFU CAP reform proposals would deliver food security and environmental objectives
At nine per cent transfer there is enough money in the pot to honour the existing commitments and provide additional funds to renew efforts in the future agri-environment scheme. Six and a half million hectares are currently supported, plus farmers actively manage more than 200,000 hectares through the Campaign for the Farmed Environment every year. […]
FUW welcomes retention of CAP funding allocation for Welsh farmers
“We welcome Defra minister Owen Paterson’s announcement today even though we are well aware that the overall budget has been cut by 12.6 per cent in real terms,” said FUW president Emyr Jones. “It was imperative that Wales, at the very least, maintained the same proportion of CAP Pillar 1 monies that it currently benefits […]
Greening the CAP
Speaking at the European Landowners Organization and Syngenta Multifunctional Landscapes Roadshow in London, George Eustice, MP, Minister for the Natural Environment and Fisheries in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) pledged to negotiate for more flexibility for the UK around the implementation of greening measures in CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) in order […]
Implement CAP reform fairly, says NFU Uplands Group
Robin Milton addressed the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on hill farming, chaired by Tim Farron MP, in Westminster this week. The NFU upland farming group recently released a steering document outlining their views on CAP reform, suggesting routes for obtaining a fair deal for all farmers, including those in the hills and uplands. This […]
NFU calls on Defra to put in place fair CAP deal across the UK after EU agreement
This agreement marks a major step towards the goal of finalising the CAP reform package. NFU Director of Policy Martin Haworth said: “While we think this reform has missed an opportunity to become more common, more simple and more market oriented we do welcome the fact that the Council and the European Parliament have resolved […]
CAP reform sparks cropping concerns
The warning comes from Sarah Reece at Berrys who says although the new basic payment regime won’t come in until 2015, the cropping decisions taken in the next few months will set the scene for the 2015 claim year. “The current round of CAP reform has introduced several new elements including ‘greening ‘ and this […]
