Set-aside rates for 2004 confirmed
Set-aside rates for 2004 confirmed
- 2004
- Scottish Executive News Release (SEen758/2004) 14 January 2004 (1) .
The Council of Ministers of the EU have reduced the obligatory set-aside requirement from 10% to 5% for 2004. This is in response to a fall in production for the 2003 EU harvest. Also agreed are more changes from 2004 including a protein crop payment which can be claimed for protein crops grown on land. Also, farmers who grow energy crops on land other than set-aside can claim a related payment of approximately £27 per hectare. For the Scottish Executive News Release: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2004/01/SEen 758.aspx
ARABLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME
PROTEIN CROPS
ENERGY CROPS
CAP REFORM
HARVEST
The Council of Ministers of the EU have reduced the obligatory set-aside requirement from 10% to 5% for 2004. This is in response to a fall in production for the 2003 EU harvest. Also agreed are more changes from 2004 including a protein crop payment which can be claimed for protein crops grown on land. Also, farmers who grow energy crops on land other than set-aside can claim a related payment of approximately £27 per hectare. For the Scottish Executive News Release: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/pages/news/2004/01/SEen 758.aspx
ARABLE AREA PAYMENT SCHEME
PROTEIN CROPS
ENERGY CROPS
CAP REFORM
HARVEST