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Sustainable Farming Incentive - Pilot Information (including PAYMENT RATES)
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<blockquote data-quote="delilah" data-source="post: 7474166" data-attributes="member: 76758"><p>Subsidy: A <strong>subsidy</strong> is a benefit given to an individual, business, or institution, usually by the government. ... </p><p></p><p>People keep saying it's not a subsidy. </p><p>It's a subsidy.</p><p>Lets say there's two farms identical in every respect; size, soil, enterprises, staffing, turnover.</p><p>Then introduce a new element into one of them that means they are no longer identical: 20 hours a week of free admin support. </p><p>That farm will take full advantage of all of the elements of SFI/ELMS open to them. They have a benefit over the other farm. They are subsidized. </p><p>Which is absolutely fine. One of the fundamental roles of Government is to interfere in the economy to the benefit of society. </p><p>The issue with ELMS is not "is it a subsidy ?", but "who do we wish to subsidize ?"</p><p>As these SFI proposals stand, the answer to that question, unequivocally, is "Large landholders who have a significant chunk of their land in arable". </p><p>Is that Governments intention ? If so they should spit it out and say so. If not, they should change it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delilah, post: 7474166, member: 76758"] Subsidy: A [B]subsidy[/B] is a benefit given to an individual, business, or institution, usually by the government. ... People keep saying it's not a subsidy. It's a subsidy. Lets say there's two farms identical in every respect; size, soil, enterprises, staffing, turnover. Then introduce a new element into one of them that means they are no longer identical: 20 hours a week of free admin support. That farm will take full advantage of all of the elements of SFI/ELMS open to them. They have a benefit over the other farm. They are subsidized. Which is absolutely fine. One of the fundamental roles of Government is to interfere in the economy to the benefit of society. The issue with ELMS is not "is it a subsidy ?", but "who do we wish to subsidize ?" As these SFI proposals stand, the answer to that question, unequivocally, is "Large landholders who have a significant chunk of their land in arable". Is that Governments intention ? If so they should spit it out and say so. If not, they should change it. [/QUOTE]
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