Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Scots growers face ‘losing out’ to English on greening

Management restrictions to nitrogen-fixing crops will limit the positive role they could play in Scotland under Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) greening rules and place growers at a disadvantage to those south of the border, the head of NFU Scotland has warned.

NFUS president and Fife farmer Allan Bowie said he discovered stark differences that “greening” rules were having south of the Border when he visited the Cereals event last week.


He saw first-hand how the English interpretation of greening requirements within the new CAP means changes to Scottish rules for 2016 are an “absolute necessity” to support the efficiency and competitiveness of Scottish growers.

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