Deadline looms for HFA response
9 February 2001
Deadline looms for HFA response
By Fwi staff
FARMERS have a week left to convince the Ministry of Agriculture that they are eligible for Hill Farm Allowance.
MAFF has written to some farmers asking if they have any additional information relevant to a possible HFA payment.
These letters were sent to producers who seem to fall below the minimum stocking requirements.
A MAFF spokesman said the ministry had written to find out if there were any reasons why this might not be the case.
Replies should be sent to Regional Service Centres by 16 February.
Farmers were asked to say if they are in an agri-environmental scheme or if they had other suckler cows or breeding sheep on the holding, so these factors could be taken into account.
Since the letters went out MAFF has announced a new calculation formula for producers with both lowland and Less Favoured Area land.
It will average out the stocking rate over the whole of the holding if farmers are eligible for extensification premium.
- MAFF lifeline for hill producers, FWi, 02 February 2001
- English farmers slam hill subsidy plan, FWi, 02 August 2000