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Category Archives: Common Agricultural Policy
All Carrot and no stick
Last week a farmer in the Yorkshire Wolds successfully sued East Riding Council for compensation of £14500 for the loss of a field of carrots. The carrot crop was apparently lost when floodwater was pumped onto the field at Burton … Continue reading
Posted in Common Agricultural Policy, drainage, farming, flooding
Tagged Burton Fleming, common agricultural policy, compensation, flooding
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Questions in Parliament: On Badgers, Dairy farms, Hedgehogs and Fewer Farm Inspections
The first session of Oral Questions to Defra ministers took place on Thursday. You can read through the whole lot here on the excellent “they work for you” website. Reading through the questions and answers, three things jumped out … Continue reading
The State of Europe’s Nature
Today is International Biodiversity Day. Instead of being out and about enjoying biodiversity (or nature as I prefer to call it), I’m sitting at my computer writing this. Does that make any sense? How is biodiversity nature doing in … Continue reading
UKIP Farm Spokesman Stuart Agnew’s chickens to be roasted by Massive Solar Farm
UKIP’s agriculture spokesman (John) Stuart Agnew may know nothing about chemistry, but he knows how to raise chickens. Agnew has a farm in Norfolk, where he has a 35000-chicken free range egg farm. Agnew also receives EU farm subsidies on … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, climate change, Common Agricultural Policy, Solar Farms, UKIP, Uncategorized
Tagged CAP, Farm policy, Solar Farms, Stuart Agnew, UKIP
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UKIP’s Lord fulminates against madness of CAP rules, but takes over a million Euros in subsidies
The Perfect Storm David Verney, 21st Baron Willoughby De Broke, who is UKIP leader in the House of Lords, arranged for a short debate on Agriculture to take place yesterday afternoon in the House of … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Common Agricultural Policy, UKIP
Tagged common agricultural policy, Lord Willoughby de Broke, UKIP
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The New Common Agricultural Policy Rules: Can you claim farm benefits for your golf course?
And so it begins again. The Rule Book for the new Common Agricultural Policy has been published – it’s here. There are some welcome omissions – the much derided 50 Trees rule has been consigned to history. The requirement … Continue reading
Boris Calls for CAP to be scrapped: Farmers warn this will cause the sun to explode
From Farmers Weekly: “Boris Johnson calls for CAP to be scrapped Philip Case Tuesday 30 September 2014 09:00 London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for the CAP to be scrapped. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson said he … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Boris Johnson, Common Agricultural Policy, NFU
Tagged Boris Johnson, common agricultural policy
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Panic Ploughing
The BBC revealed yesterday that grasslands had been ploughed up, thanks to the European Commission’s Common Agricultural Policy proposals on “greening” – oh, the irony – to protect grasslands from being ploughed up.The EC had made the fatal mistake of … Continue reading
The CAP no longer fits
If there was any doubt before, the Local and Euro Election results indicate there is no doubt that the future of Britain in the EU and perhaps of the entire EU project, now hangs in the balance. Euro scepticism has … Continue reading
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