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<blockquote data-quote="gone up the hill" data-source="post: 7674678" data-attributes="member: 1048"><p>Payment rates are so low that the scheme is not worth bothering with and every farmer should refuse to join in the trials untill they bring in sensible payment rates! </p><p></p><p>BPS is around £90 acre so if they want farmers to cut/ lower production on their land then payment rates need to be double the current BPS rate to cover both income forgone and the massive red tape burden of the new scheme. </p><p></p><p>I read the other week that for the average 200 acre family farm it will cost £6/7000 in agents fees for the first year to join the scheme as the rules stand, so you spend 7k in agents fees, lose of income v production is another £10,000 for the 200 acre farm so factor in both these and the farmers management time of say another 3k it will cost the 200 acre farm 20k to be in the scheme, what will they get in payments? 5/7k at best.... total non starter for all but the big farms..</p><p></p><p>NFU estimate that at least 25/30% of farmers will be forced out of the industry when elms comes in and they think that is acceptable so thus are backing the new elms scheme.... you could not make it up if you tried!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone up the hill, post: 7674678, member: 1048"] Payment rates are so low that the scheme is not worth bothering with and every farmer should refuse to join in the trials untill they bring in sensible payment rates! BPS is around £90 acre so if they want farmers to cut/ lower production on their land then payment rates need to be double the current BPS rate to cover both income forgone and the massive red tape burden of the new scheme. I read the other week that for the average 200 acre family farm it will cost £6/7000 in agents fees for the first year to join the scheme as the rules stand, so you spend 7k in agents fees, lose of income v production is another £10,000 for the 200 acre farm so factor in both these and the farmers management time of say another 3k it will cost the 200 acre farm 20k to be in the scheme, what will they get in payments? 5/7k at best.... total non starter for all but the big farms.. NFU estimate that at least 25/30% of farmers will be forced out of the industry when elms comes in and they think that is acceptable so thus are backing the new elms scheme.... you could not make it up if you tried! [/QUOTE]
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