got accepted for some free hedge plants though a council scheme... finally I hear we can pick them up in the last week of March, right about the point when I have a 1000 other jobs to be doing other than hedge planting! :rolleyes:
:oops: I got confirmation via email back in mid November which I had 4 weeks to sign and return.. Are you sure your spam filter has not eaten your acceptance email.... or was I just lucky?
I read you dont need to return your old ones as the "need to buy ammunition and to show lawful possession means that the expiring certificate is not available"... and they should send you a temporary permit in the event of a delayed certificate....
What are the biofuel plants policy on taking in farm assured grain? Presumably they don't care if it is RT assured, not assured or Ukrainian imports, just whatever is the cheapest they can get their hands on.
All very well agriculture being more price sensitive... but we know those swings...
BPS was subsidy. ELMS will by and large not be a subsidy. ELMS will be payment for cost incurred and income foregone in supplying a "public good" The only farm subsidies we will see going forward will be in the form of capital grants.