Beef plan blockage
25 May 2001
Beef plan blockage
FARM ministers have failed to make any progress on the commissions "seven-point plan" for re-balancing the beef market.
While the special purchase scheme for over 30-month cattle and the growing of fodder legumes on organic set-aside are in place, there was stalemate on the other issues including reducing stocking rates for extensification and reintroducing the 90-head limit for BSP. *
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