Summary
Notwithstanding the revised CAP, it seems unrealistic to hope that Westminster or Brussels could - or would - provide enough support for farming to continue as the mainstay of our rural economy.
Their room for manoeuvre is increasingly limited, with increasing productivity of farming methods around the world allied to more flexible international trade policies (and the imminent accession to the EU of countries with strong agricultural sectors).See the full content of this document
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Expertise Our Best Resource
If our rural communities are to thrive we shall have to rely on our own resources. Though farming will remain central - nationally ...
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