- Location
- Lincolnshire
Who else has had a big deduction, about 20% in our case due to an inspection for which we have no information or idea of the findings?
I emailed the RPA asking for a report of the inspection and the reasons for the deductions and got the standard email back saying they would respond in due course but nothing has been forthcoming for a fortnight now. Telephone enquiries draw a similar blank. They can find nothing to explain why the "inspection" led to a big deduction. What is the point of a multimillion pound IT system that cannot even provide the most basic information or of the thousands of staff employed there. All they seem able to do is thank me for my call, and screw up anything that is initially straightforward.
I vaguely recall an inspector walking some fields last May but he indicated at the time that nothing was amiss but we had nothing in writing. Most of that land has been ploughed now, so providing evidence will be difficult, but it could have been addressed at the time if there were discrepancies.
I am absolutely fed up of this sort of treatment. We seem to be treated with contempt. To be effectively fined several thousand pounds without any reason whatsoever seems completely wrong.
Whether subsidies are right or wrong and whether they will continue after Brexit is a different matter, but while the present system is in place I do wish it would be implemented fairly.
I am getting to the point where I will soon do as I like entirely and tell them to keep their ransom money. No more stupid three crop rule, no more 2m from centre of hedges. I can hardly bring myself to begin this coming years application when I don't even know what was wrong with last year's.
It's the same number of entitlements we have had for years. We have farmed the same area of land for years and we seemed to pass the greening checks at online application.
It's beyond stupidity.
I emailed the RPA asking for a report of the inspection and the reasons for the deductions and got the standard email back saying they would respond in due course but nothing has been forthcoming for a fortnight now. Telephone enquiries draw a similar blank. They can find nothing to explain why the "inspection" led to a big deduction. What is the point of a multimillion pound IT system that cannot even provide the most basic information or of the thousands of staff employed there. All they seem able to do is thank me for my call, and screw up anything that is initially straightforward.
I vaguely recall an inspector walking some fields last May but he indicated at the time that nothing was amiss but we had nothing in writing. Most of that land has been ploughed now, so providing evidence will be difficult, but it could have been addressed at the time if there were discrepancies.
I am absolutely fed up of this sort of treatment. We seem to be treated with contempt. To be effectively fined several thousand pounds without any reason whatsoever seems completely wrong.
Whether subsidies are right or wrong and whether they will continue after Brexit is a different matter, but while the present system is in place I do wish it would be implemented fairly.
I am getting to the point where I will soon do as I like entirely and tell them to keep their ransom money. No more stupid three crop rule, no more 2m from centre of hedges. I can hardly bring myself to begin this coming years application when I don't even know what was wrong with last year's.
It's the same number of entitlements we have had for years. We have farmed the same area of land for years and we seemed to pass the greening checks at online application.
It's beyond stupidity.
