midlandslad
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- Location
- Midlands
Talk on Twitter and the farming press of the return of BPS at £80/acre!
Return of Area Payments
- Thread starter midlandslad
- Start date
- Location
- Exeter, Devon
That could make some recently bought entitlements look cheap.
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
With all the fekin about with the cráp they dreamt up over last few years that pays sweet FA and no ones interested in they could pay 80 quid and cut all the pathetic admin out they know all the area just press play ....
Bet the admin will cost more than they pay on the new scheme!
Bet the admin will cost more than they pay on the new scheme!
For everyone ? Or just a selected few wot don't really need them anyway? 
And £80 / acre ? Bit 1990's isn't it ?
Got to keep the era of ridiculously cheap food going I suppose.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Maybe they were worried that removing the carrot was also going to remove the stick.
Only headage payments do that. Suckler cow premium will be coming back next!
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
i hope so ! Id love £80
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
So there are no rules that require compliance to get BPS? No hedgecutting dates for example?
- Location
- Yorks
They ought to at least leave payment rate where it is, then index link it.
We've had diminishing BPS due to inflationary pressures.
We've had diminishing BPS due to inflationary pressures.
4course
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- Location
- north yorks
If it does does return it will ensure the countryside is looked after far better than the ridiculous scheme and maintain a rural structure whilst slowing down the destruction of the family farm which sadly is going anyway, but at least it wouldnt be a revolution. It would over time increase home grown food production and that buzz word sustainability to help feed our nation and beyond. Our mole on here seems to have gone quite of late wonder if the contacts with this forum and others have finally made a breakthrough and made defra see what a b up they are making . I also wonder if the penny has dropped that 6 months of electric/gas sub is getting on for more than 50 years worth of ag support to ensure food is produced and that money gets circulated within the community not lost in overseas dividend payments and ultimately most if not all gets returned in some form of tax wether income or vat etc or not spent on welfare support
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Its a new gov now so she's just getting genned up on the 'new scheme ' that she has got to roll out ....
Just press play !It's a good idea in my opinion, a local large estate used to get one of the largest payments, all of which would be spent in the local economy, keeping various small firms and tradesmen going with regular work. Due to the reduction of payments alot of that has stopped. Busy tradesmen and businesses mean people paying tax. It's a bit of a money merry go round but surely that's better than unemployment ?
- Location
- Devon
livestock 1
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Looks as if things stay as they are there will be a big reduction of output especially in the hills
Wont just be the hills it will be all the ancillary buisnesses as well
livestock 1
Member
Yes I was thinking of farming first but that’s very true. Might not effect folks as much further down? Or will it?
livestock 1
Member
Something to think about is when we buy something in off a farmer or sell to another farmer what would it be like without it?