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<blockquote data-quote="Frank-the-Wool" data-source="post: 7714761" data-attributes="member: 699"><p>This is what is happening with these farms by default.</p><p>However the land I have grazed is part of a very important wetland ecosystem and much of it SSSI which has been allowed to fall into rack and ruin. The irony of this is that to make the conservation work it needs to be farmed as of course do many areas otherwise they revert to rushes and scrub and in this case acres of Marestail.</p><p></p><p>The difficulty I see for the NT is that they presumably need the income.</p><p>No BPS means no rent from the land and I cannot see under the present proposals there will be any ELMS money unless the land is maintained which will mean it has to be farmed. It can only be used for summer grazing and much of it is impossible to mow for hay. A large area was cropped but has been left and is now all weed grasses, thistles and docks.</p><p>It cannot be turned over to trees as it is a wetland SSSI.</p><p>I do wonder how or if the NT value their land?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frank-the-Wool, post: 7714761, member: 699"] This is what is happening with these farms by default. However the land I have grazed is part of a very important wetland ecosystem and much of it SSSI which has been allowed to fall into rack and ruin. The irony of this is that to make the conservation work it needs to be farmed as of course do many areas otherwise they revert to rushes and scrub and in this case acres of Marestail. The difficulty I see for the NT is that they presumably need the income. No BPS means no rent from the land and I cannot see under the present proposals there will be any ELMS money unless the land is maintained which will mean it has to be farmed. It can only be used for summer grazing and much of it is impossible to mow for hay. A large area was cropped but has been left and is now all weed grasses, thistles and docks. It cannot be turned over to trees as it is a wetland SSSI. I do wonder how or if the NT value their land? [/QUOTE]
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