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Scotland to retain 70% direct subsidy payments
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<blockquote data-quote="DrDunc" data-source="post: 9162141" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68216387.amp[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Welcome news (for those of us up here nearer the arctic) that Scotland will not follow the English cliff edge approach to subsidy payments.</p><p></p><p>We're told by Hamsa Useless himself that 70% of future payments will be direct support, with the rest being made up of (competitive entry?) "enviromental" awards</p><p></p><p>Two questions :</p><p></p><p>1. Future payments may be 70% direct, but 70% of what? </p><p></p><p>Current payment plus greening? Current payment? Some arbitrary amount of money they've yet to decide?</p><p></p><p>2. What about LFASS? </p><p></p><p>Less favoured area payment was due to end in 2018, but got a reprieve when Westminster was forced to hand over Scottish EU convergence money. However the scheme ends this year.</p><p></p><p>What, if anything, is going to replace this payment that is so crucial to so many Scottish farmers?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Formulating a forward budget is impossible. Telling the laird's factor where to put his demanded rent rise, though, is far simpler</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDunc, post: 9162141, member: 615"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68216387.amp[/URL] Welcome news (for those of us up here nearer the arctic) that Scotland will not follow the English cliff edge approach to subsidy payments. We're told by Hamsa Useless himself that 70% of future payments will be direct support, with the rest being made up of (competitive entry?) "enviromental" awards Two questions : 1. Future payments may be 70% direct, but 70% of what? Current payment plus greening? Current payment? Some arbitrary amount of money they've yet to decide? 2. What about LFASS? Less favoured area payment was due to end in 2018, but got a reprieve when Westminster was forced to hand over Scottish EU convergence money. However the scheme ends this year. What, if anything, is going to replace this payment that is so crucial to so many Scottish farmers? Formulating a forward budget is impossible. Telling the laird's factor where to put his demanded rent rise, though, is far simpler [/QUOTE]
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