IN BRIEF
1 March 2002
IN BRIEF
• THE deadline for woodland improvement grants at the imp-roved 75% rate, introduced in the wake of foot-and-mouth, has been extended by the Forestry Comm-ission by an extra year to Mar 10, 2003. New applications for the higher level of payment must be submitted by the end of July. Claims agreed since April 2001 will also qualify. The deadline for prior ag-reements remains March 2002.
SOUTH-WEST co-op Cornwall Farmers has announced a £3.5m boost in turnover to almost £40m. Profits after tax stood at £357,000, which enabled a 4% interest payment on share capital to the groups members.
The co-op has also bought BOCM Pauls forage division, placing it among the UKs top five suppliers of forage. *
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