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Subsidy reform reaction and analysis

- 09 December 1999
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9 December 1999



Subsidy reform — reaction and analysis


OVERNMENT plans to divert farm subsidies from food production towards conservation bring a mixed response from this mornings newspapers.

  • Agri-environment gets £1bn boost

    THE government has claimed that reducing farm subsidies will enable it to boost the funding of its agri-environment schemes by a massive £1 billion.

  • Hill farmers oppose subsidy change

    HILL farmers have been outraged by proposals to change the way that they are paid subsidies for farming in some of Britains most remote and harsh areas.

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