Farm subsidies could remain for five years after Brexit

Farm subsidies could remain for five years after Brexit

Environment Secretary Michael Gove speaks at the Oxford Real Farming Conference – one of two farming conferences he attended in Oxford. Picture by Aaron Chown/PA Wire Farming subsidies could continue for a five-year transitional period after Britain formally leaves the European Union next year, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has announced.

But after 2024, farmers will be paid on the basis of “public money for public goods”, he said, as the current EU system of paying landowners for the amount of agricultural land they have is “unjust, inefficient and drives perverse outcomes”.

Speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference, Mr Gove […]

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