Article: New guide outlines changes in schemes.(News)

Article: Arable aid scheme extended until June
The Scotsman;  May 8, 2001 ;     409 words ... ... sowing crops in the UK eligible for the arable aid scheme has been extended from 31 May ... be allowed to switch land eligible for arable aid into set-aside up to this date, providing ... land up to the amount they claimed under arable aid 2000. A TOTAL of 4,082 store cattle ...

Article: Arable aid payments delayed
The Scotsman;  October 9, 1998 ;     407 words ... ... angrily last night to the news that only about half of the arable aid payments promised by Donald Dewar, the Scottish Secretary ... month Mr Dewar promised to bring forward GBP 130 million of arable aid payments to 16 October, but the Scottish Office said yesterday ...

Article: Arable aid hit by delays
The Scotsman;  December 8, 2001 ;     649 words ...ONLY about one-third of arable aid payments to farmers - about 46 million pounds - have been made ... changes to the less favoured area scheme Delays in processing arable aid claims because many staff had been diverted to foot-and-mouth ...

Article: Disparity in arable aid highlighted; GROWERS: ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 23, 2002 ;     437 words ... ... Minister, Carwyn Jones, drawing his attention to the reduced arable aid payments which Less Favoured Area (LFA) and lowland arable ... disadvantage built into the current method of calculating arable aid payments which Welsh growers receive then the disparity and ...

Article: Southern farmers fury over arable aid ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  February 9, 2002 ;     494 words ... ... to over 5,000 farmers concerning eligibility of land for arable aid payments. Mr. Harrington said ithe IFA estimates that the ... 25,000 to 30,000 hectares of land applied for under the Arable Aid scheme over the last number of years. The Department is claiming ...

Article: UFU Watch: Significant increase to arable ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  July 5, 2003 ;     466 words ...ARABLE aid is set to increase significantly this Autumn following the ongoing recovery ... estimated this year at 70.3188 pence compared to 64.3937 pence last year. Arable aid will rise accordingly this year, although modulation rates are set to ...

Article: Arable aid decision waits on the weather.
Farmers Guardian;  September 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... picture and provide accurate data on the impact of the weather," said NFU chief arable adviser Paul Ibbott. "Bringing arable aid payments forward would ease cashflows, but at the moment Defra plan to make the payments as normal from mid-November onwards ...