Agricultural Policy
About Agricultural Policy
Agricultural policy describes a set of laws relating to domestic agriculture and imports of foreign agricultural products. Governments usually implement agricultural policies with the goal of achieving a specific outcome in the domestic agricultural product markets.
Green farming schemes to be paid more taxpayers' money
... ELMS is designed to replace the EU s common Agricultural Policy (CAP)...
Government review of ELMS farming subsidies stokes anger
... ELMS is designed to replace the EU s common Agricultural Policy (CAP)...
Why some farmers are turning away from the Tories
... 4bnvalue of food and drink exportsSource: DefraFollowing Brexit, the transition to an independent Agricultural Policy has pushed farming up the political agenda...
British farmers unhappy as Asda retracts beef promise
... National Farmers Union (NFU) livestock board chairman Richard Findlay, was also disappointed and said that, given the " significant" changes to trade and Agricultural Policy, it was " more important than ever" for retailers to " champion" British farmers...
Farmers could be paid for post-Brexit land changes
... Improving the environmentUnder the EU s Common Agricultural Policy, farmers were given taxpayers money largely based on the amount of land they farmed: the more land they held, the more cash support they got...
New plan to pay farmers who protect winter soil
... Under the EU s Common Agricultural Policy, farmers received taxpayers cash proportional to the amount of land they owned - the richer the farmer, the bigger the subsidy...
Six things the UK could do to tackle climate change
... As well as looking at consumer demand, Polly Mackenzie, chief executive of Demos, says the government should use Agricultural Policy to move away from simply subsidising production...