Summary
Farmers who lost their stock during the foot-and-mouth crisis could lose out again under the new Single Payment because their subsidy claims were disrupted in the year after the epidemic.
At a meeting in Northumberland between farmers and top NFU officials, NFU vice-president Meurig Raymond heard that livestock farmers will lose out financially because the Rural Payments Agency is refusing to accept that subsidy claims were affected in 2002, unless the farmer can provide letters of proof from organisations such as auction marts.See the full content of this document
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Shadow of Fmd Hits New Subsidy Claims
This has created an outcry among Northumberland farmers who had to restock after the crisis, because they say it is obvi...
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