Three crop rule

[Brisel]

Only 3...? Did we add the fourth then?

Good point. Well spotted

 

[Brisel]

We can blame Brussels for it...but I’m pretty sure our own guys would have done just the same if not worse themselves!

We will find out soon enough.

 

[DanniAgro]

Yes, unfortunately we will probably have new unexpected rules around our necks, don't forget that it was DEFRA that were constantly goldplating any new EU rules, whilst the likes of France only enforced them lightly. We really don't need the EU to make up unworkable rules as we're quite capable of doing it ourselves.

 

[kiwi pom]

This 3 crop thing isn't a law is it?
I understood you can grow what you want but if you want to claim a sub you have to do what those paying it want. Seems reasonable to me.


If it's a pain for those land owners that are pretending to be farmers, whilst a contract farmer actually does everything, its no bad thing in my opinion.

 

[Wombat]

This 3 crop thing isn't a law is it?
I understood you can grow what you want but if you want to claim a sub you have to do what those paying it want. Seems reasonable to me.


If it's a pain for those land owners that are pretending to be farmers, whilst a contract farmer actually does everything, its no bad thing in my opinion.

Thing is on our 150 acres of arable in 9 fields I need 3 crops, there is 150 acres in one field just up the road all one crop.

 

[kiwi pom]

Thing is on our 150 acres of arable in 9 fields I need 3 crops, there is 150 acres in one field just up the road all one crop.

Fair point but wouldn't growing just 1 or 2 crops be awful risky?
What would you grow if there wasn't a rule?

 

[Wombat]

Fair point but wouldn't growing just 1 or 2 crops be awful risky?
What would you grow if there wasn't a rule?

We have a lot of permanent pasture (ridge and furrow, old airforce land etc) that we cannot move and most of our land is heavy so sometimes I just want to grow wheat and spring barley. To meet 3 crops I just leave some fallow but it’s always seemed overkill to have a rule that stipulates it.

We have 3km of ditches and 5km+ of hedges on 200 acres so we have more than enough wildlife areas

 

[DeeGee]

We have a lot of permanent pasture (ridge and furrow, old airforce land etc) that we cannot move and most of our land is heavy so sometimes I just want to grow wheat and spring barley. To meet 3 crops I just leave some fallow but it’s always seemed overkill to have a rule that stipulates it.

We have 3km of ditches and 5km+ of hedges on 200 acres so we have more than enough wildlife areas

Same here, literally hundreds of trees mainly oaks, and many miles of hedgerows on 240 acres, plus ten ponds and numerous small copses. Already a natural and veritable haven for wildlife, but we still have to bugger about growing three crops on less than 100 arable acres. We have never been given any points whatsoever for the ponds or all the trees even when we were in an environmental scheme.

No common sense whatsoever with regulations, there never has been and doubt there ever will be!