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  Decisions made over the next 12 months will define the shape of farm payments out to 2027. The process of reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will finally conclude in 2021, having begun in 2018 under then Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan. Policy makers love jargon and the next CAP will feature a host of new terms and abbreviations. Here’s your definitive guide to CAP jargon for the next seven years: 1. Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Many people had only ...

Outlook 2021: Farm policy and funding Caroline Ingamells 16 December 2020 >More in Farm support will dominate the agenda in 2021, with payments linked to environmental improvements. Two government policies in particular will shape the future for farming – the Environment Bill and Part 2 of Defra’s National Food Strategy. Lack of information on transition to new schemes is causing frustration Envi...

6,700 farms subject to satellite inspections in 2020 In a statement to AgriLand, a spokesperson for the department said: “Currently a 5% control rate for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and other area-based schemes is specified in the governing EU regulations. In Ireland, approximately 1% is carried out by full ground inspections and 4% by means of Remote Sensing involving the photo-interpretation of current-year satellite imagery. Scheme eligibility requirements and area measurements are det...

FEARS: Simon Fell, MP for Barrow-In-Furness, meets farmers on Ulverston farm MASSIVE hill sheep reductions was one of the fears expressed at a meeting between farmers and a Barrow MP. A small group of National Farmers Union (NFU) farmer members also relayed their views on the potentially devasting outcome of not getting a deal on lamb prices when they met with Barrow-In-Furness MP Simon Fell. The meeting was hosted by John Longmire and family at Nettleslack in Ulverston. Socially distan...

2020 a year to forget: Government farm policy >More in © Shutterstock/Guy Bell Most people, including farmers, will be happy to see the end of 2020 and look forward to a better 2021. The pandemic was a very unwelcome and unexpected event, but what else got our goats? As usual, the government obliged with some unpopular farm policy. Agriculture Act – food standards threatened While there is much in the Agriculture Act that could benefit English farmers, the maj...

AND just like that its December! What a year. Despite the obvious events of the year, it has been another busy one and one that I am sure no-one will ever forget. Strongly aided by the glorious weather, 2020 started with a lovely lambing season, the best one we have had in many years. Yet, despite the good weather continuing into the summer, on the farm we had a disaster making our silage this year - never again will I say the words well it can’t get much worse than this. How wrong coul...

Welsh white paper for farming leaves tenants exposed 18 December 2020 | The recently announced White Paper leaves farm tenants exposed, TFA Cymru says The Welsh government has been accused of failing to provide adequate safeguards for farm tenants after unveiling its proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme. The White Paper on Agriculture in Wales, published this week, sets out proposals paving the way for an Agriculture (Wales) Bill, which will be introduced in the next Senedd term. The paper sets...

December 17, 2020 4:20 pm More than 99% of farmers in Northern Ireland have received their full Direct Payment for 2020, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced. The total amount issued in the region for the 2020 scheme year is £292.7 million. Minister Poots said: “I am pleased to announce that full Direct Payments have now issued to over 99% of our farmers, totalling £292.7 million in support. This includes those selected for an inspection. “For the past number of years, Northern ...

Vast majority of BPS payments or loans delivered >More in © Tim Scrivener An overwhelming majority of eligible farmers and landowners have received their 2020 basic payments, providing a timely boost to rural businesses following a challenging farming year. Payment agencies in England and Wales have reported that more than 96% of farmers and landowners have received either their full Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments, or an advance lo...

Tips on how to fill the BPS cash gap on your farm >More in © Tim Scrivener On most farms, there are opportunities to make up for some of the coming Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) cuts, even if none is obvious at first, say advisers.    Changing farm rent levels to the new post-BPS reality will be like turning around a supertanker, but for many farms a reduction is part of the solution to the BPS deficit, says Robin Hobson, chairman of con...