Agriculture

A major concern to farmers is the single farm payment that replaces the subsidies on crops and livestock. 
This will be based on acreage and the calculation is extremely complicated. 

I have raised in Parliament the problems facing sugar beet growers due to the proposed changes from Europe. 

Following the awful foot and mouth epidemic I raised the inadequate measures for the prevention of the import of illegal meat products that were so inferior to those in some other countries. 
Further investigation is now needed to know if these have improved. 

The worries about badgers and bovine tuberculosis continue and diversification remains an aim for many farmers but difficult for many to achieve.

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