Business with the single farm payment - the surveyor's role

Fane, Peter

Business with the single farm payment - the surveyor's role - 2005 - Farmland Market (63) Spring 2005, 10-11(2) .

Concentrates on the role of the rural surveyor in assisting farmers and land managers in the securing of entitlements for the new single farm payment which will determine the support they receive up to 2012. Moves from securing the initial entitlements to the effects of these entitlements on the land market and a consideration of the main benefits of decoupling support from production. Discusses DEFRA's whole farm planning approach and concludes with pointers to growth areas in the work of rural surveyors and sees their future in a positive light.