Given what we know of Defra it goes without saying that this whole ELMS project is going to end up a right fiasco with endless delayed payments, endless queries, & intrusive inspections, surely for the first few years it would make far more sense to continue with the SFP but have it restricted to the first 200 acres or if you want to be a Europhile 100 hectares, above that acreage Elms projects could be applied for.
This would at a stroke remove 50% or more of farms from needing inspections & endless additional paperwork in the early teething problem times and at the same time give a guarantee of an income to smaller often older farmers. We are all only too aware of the endless incompetence that always goes with these massive changes of the subsidy system, just for once it would be really nice if common sense prevailed!
This would at a stroke remove 50% or more of farms from needing inspections & endless additional paperwork in the early teething problem times and at the same time give a guarantee of an income to smaller often older farmers. We are all only too aware of the endless incompetence that always goes with these massive changes of the subsidy system, just for once it would be really nice if common sense prevailed!