Direct payments to end in planned Welsh farm support scheme

Direct payments to end in planned Welsh farm support scheme
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Intensive production systems on Welsh farms won’t be entitled to government subsidies once direct payments are phased out, a new Welsh government white paper on the future of farm support suggests.
Published on Wednesday (16 December) the new Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) will encourage less-intensive land management practices from 2023, which the government believes can improve the environment and human health.
It says maintaining the status quo for agriculture in Wales is no longer an option because of “economic and environmental” challenges, insisting that ditching the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) would offer farmers and rural communities a sustainable future.

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