Farmers earn millions
Farmers earn millions
- 2001
- Sunday Times 7 January 2001, 10(1) .
A Kent farmer has been paid an initial £1.5m sum and £300,000 a year by a government agency to create and manage his land for wildlife. Conservationists welcome the growing trend towards environmentally-friendly farming, although farmers are critical, arguing that tax-payers are being exploited and farmers should stick to food production.
NATURE CONSERVATION
FARMING
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
SUBSIDIES
CONSERVATION GRANTS
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
FARM DIVERSIFICATION
A Kent farmer has been paid an initial £1.5m sum and £300,000 a year by a government agency to create and manage his land for wildlife. Conservationists welcome the growing trend towards environmentally-friendly farming, although farmers are critical, arguing that tax-payers are being exploited and farmers should stick to food production.
NATURE CONSERVATION
FARMING
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
SUBSIDIES
CONSERVATION GRANTS
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
FARM DIVERSIFICATION