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<blockquote data-quote="Badshot" data-source="post: 7603818" data-attributes="member: 362"><p>Just been reading some of the pilot scheme.</p><p>It's horribly similar to the entry level scheme, which actually started my BG problem with the overwintered stubbles!!!</p><p>I'm unsure yet if I will even bother with it, it's too prescriptive again.</p><p>Like the arable land needing large chunks putting into pollen and nectar mixes. I'd happily integrate a 3m strip round everything with pollen and nectar mixes, but they want 6m for the water body buffers as a minimum, it's way too much. Especially as you can't drive on them at all, and management of hedges/ditches needs planning to minimise impact on them.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps what they should have done was actually listen to us and let us decide what benefits the environment most, whilst still managing to farm practically. </p><p>Instead of insisting on set widths, and areas, and heights to cut to (you cant leave hedges to get taller and wider every year without occasionally knocking them back hard or you end up with ever wider and taller hedges!!!)</p><p>The rates being offered aren't attractive enough for the hassle involved IMO</p><p></p><p>Most of the standards I can easily meet partially with my current practices and just adjust things a bit, but the extra bits ruin it and make it unfeasible.</p><p></p><p>I need to read it further though, this is just based on a quick scan at coffee time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Badshot, post: 7603818, member: 362"] Just been reading some of the pilot scheme. It's horribly similar to the entry level scheme, which actually started my BG problem with the overwintered stubbles!!! I'm unsure yet if I will even bother with it, it's too prescriptive again. Like the arable land needing large chunks putting into pollen and nectar mixes. I'd happily integrate a 3m strip round everything with pollen and nectar mixes, but they want 6m for the water body buffers as a minimum, it's way too much. Especially as you can't drive on them at all, and management of hedges/ditches needs planning to minimise impact on them. Perhaps what they should have done was actually listen to us and let us decide what benefits the environment most, whilst still managing to farm practically. Instead of insisting on set widths, and areas, and heights to cut to (you cant leave hedges to get taller and wider every year without occasionally knocking them back hard or you end up with ever wider and taller hedges!!!) The rates being offered aren't attractive enough for the hassle involved IMO Most of the standards I can easily meet partially with my current practices and just adjust things a bit, but the extra bits ruin it and make it unfeasible. I need to read it further though, this is just based on a quick scan at coffee time. [/QUOTE]
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