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Re: Proportional Representation

[quote user="Stewart"]With the exception of the hunting ban just what has Labour done wrong regarding the countryside and agriculture?[/quote] Foot and mouth labs, the RPA, TB, EU policy, Rural Development money and modulation, red diesel tax, renewable energy policy, flood defences, car tax...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by He his-self on Wed, Jul 16 2008
Re: SFP - are you still waiting?

Hi Carol - sorry to hear that you are one of the people caught up in the latest lots of delays. It looks like you are new to the forums - welcome.

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Mon, May 12 2008
Electronic SPS submission

Is anyone planning on using the electronice sps submission this year?! Only two software companies doing it but looks like it will save alot of time!!!

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by SDM on Wed, Mar 12 2008
Re: Single farm payment update - England

The latest figures are that the total value of payments made under the 2007 Single Payment Scheme (SPS) is £863.0 million which is 59.5% of the estimated total fund of £1.45 billion. A total of 79,660 customers have received a full SPS payment. This represents 74.7% of the estimated total claimant population...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Thu, Jan 31 2008
Re: Single Farm Payments in England - when will they be paid?

An update on the situation: About 1000 farmers in England have received their full 2007 single farm payment, following live testing of its systems by the Rural Payments Agency . The total amount of money that has been distributed is £8m and it has been paid to a mix of people - some are claimants who...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Tue, Dec 11 2007
Re: Foot-and-mouth - latest developments including overnight news

The lack of a mention for early SFP in the government's £12.5m package is a disappointment. I guess things might be better than last year (each year must get easier for them) but payments only really got going in February and checking the RPA's website I notice that they only completed 2006 payments...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Isabel Davies on Tue, Oct 9 2007
Re: RPA inspectors undeterred by foot and mouth

RPA inspectors continuing to go on farm is utterly extraordinary. If there was a known risk of an outbreak of MRSA on a hospital ward, would they continue with a building inspection? The good will towards the government over its response so far to the outbreak will soon turn sour if Gordon doesn't...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by Julian Gairdner on Mon, Aug 6 2007
RPA inspectors undeterred by foot and mouth

Early this morning I took a call in the Farmers Weekly office from a disgruntled RPA inspector who had been told that it was "business as usual" as far as carrying out on-farm inspections were concerned. "Staff on the ground are amazed, given that fresh cases of foot and mouth could arise...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by phil clarke on Mon, Aug 6 2007

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