Article: Sounding death knell for set-aside?

A parliamentary early day motion has been tabled calling on the EU to abolish set-aside immediately following the recent poor weather and floods across the UK and northern Europe.

Tim Farron, the LibDem MP for Westmorland has submitted the EDM and hopes to win support from MPs from all parties.

It is estimated that for wheat alone, the European Harvest will be reduced by pounds6 million tonnes this year, he said. Although abolition of set-aside would not have improved this year's harvest, it would allow arable farmers to increase planting this autumn.

Given that set-aside is one of the biggest complicating factors in the Single Payment Scheme, abolition would also be a helpful move in ...

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