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NFU claiming credit for 25% SFI cap
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<blockquote data-quote="Grass And Grain" data-source="post: 9234781" data-attributes="member: 23184"><p> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Seems sensible to ensure each farm has equal opportunities for the SFI payments.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Food production/profit is a reasonable desire of a farming union. Food security isn't. That's government's domain.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Farming unions should be aware that large areas of SFI means less food production... which could mean higher prices and higher margins. So no bad thing.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Number "3" above. e.g. for grain gives us a ££ boost if we become net importers Vs net exporters, but means higher grain prices for livestock producers. But generally speaking, lower food production should mean higher prices.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Although I stand by the line in number "1" above, DEFRA are now running a two tier SFI system for next 3 years. The opportunities for SFI support payments are unequal. This is unfair and wrong. It's totally DEFRA's mess up. Many grassland farms could have been waiting for the Autumn SFI updates before applying. DEFRA schoolboy incompetence. There was never any way they could manage their budget without a % or ££ cap. We told them. They didn't listen. Now it's a mess and has created an unequal playing field within England for SFI cash.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grass And Grain, post: 9234781, member: 23184"] [LIST=1] [*]Seems sensible to ensure each farm has equal opportunities for the SFI payments. [*]Food production/profit is a reasonable desire of a farming union. Food security isn't. That's government's domain. [*]Farming unions should be aware that large areas of SFI means less food production... which could mean higher prices and higher margins. So no bad thing. [*]Number "3" above. e.g. for grain gives us a ££ boost if we become net importers Vs net exporters, but means higher grain prices for livestock producers. But generally speaking, lower food production should mean higher prices. [*]Although I stand by the line in number "1" above, DEFRA are now running a two tier SFI system for next 3 years. The opportunities for SFI support payments are unequal. This is unfair and wrong. It's totally DEFRA's mess up. Many grassland farms could have been waiting for the Autumn SFI updates before applying. DEFRA schoolboy incompetence. There was never any way they could manage their budget without a % or ££ cap. We told them. They didn't listen. Now it's a mess and has created an unequal playing field within England for SFI cash. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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