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Environmental schemes; Arable Vs. Livestock
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<blockquote data-quote="Grass And Grain" data-source="post: 8276426" data-attributes="member: 23184"><p>Personally I think an arable buffer will do more good than a grassland buffer (in average circumstances, what ever that may be).</p><p></p><p>However, suppose the arable buffer is likely to do a reasonable amount of good for phosphates and herbicide surface run off, but the arable side of the river with the buffer strip will probably be many times worse than a whole grassland field at other side of river (even without a buffer strip!).</p><p></p><p>Suggests the grassland field should get a good payment over the whole area, simply for being grassland. Arguably commands a higher payment than arable.</p><p></p><p>But maybe intensively tilled high N veg land, although probably bad for environment, provides our essential 5 a day, and cheap veg is a massive public good - so should that attract the highest or the lowest payments?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grass And Grain, post: 8276426, member: 23184"] Personally I think an arable buffer will do more good than a grassland buffer (in average circumstances, what ever that may be). However, suppose the arable buffer is likely to do a reasonable amount of good for phosphates and herbicide surface run off, but the arable side of the river with the buffer strip will probably be many times worse than a whole grassland field at other side of river (even without a buffer strip!). Suggests the grassland field should get a good payment over the whole area, simply for being grassland. Arguably commands a higher payment than arable. But maybe intensively tilled high N veg land, although probably bad for environment, provides our essential 5 a day, and cheap veg is a massive public good - so should that attract the highest or the lowest payments? [/QUOTE]
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