Rusty Spade
Well-Known Member
You would imagine that anyone farming intensively is going to forego that 25%. I wonder how unclaimed money will be divided out, I suppose it's unlikley to be added on to anyone's payment that qualifies for the 25% eco part.
In many ways, it's convergence by the back door. All pay into it, high and low entitlements, and all qualifying will withdraw equally from it.You would imagine that anyone farming intensively is going to forego that 25%. I wonder how unclaimed money will be divided out, I suppose it's unlikley to be added on to anyone's payment that qualifies for the 25% eco part.
The money from those not drawing it down is supposed to be divided equally among the qualifying farmers but whether that's in the qualifying year or the one after or it will be siphoned off into a new scheme is unclear as yet.