The UK Government revealed a new version of their post-Brexit agriculture legislation Thursday, explains EURATIVE. It’s part of a radical shift to move subsidies away from the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) system of direct payments, which correlates payments with the total amount of land farmed.
The legislation sets out how farmers and land managers in England will instead receive “public money for public goods”, such as better air and water quality, higher animal welfare standards, improved access to the countryside or measures to reduce flooding.
In doing so, it aims to move the UK one step closer towards “a future where farmers are properly supported to farm more innovatively and protect the environment,” according to a statement from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
