£12 an acre - what's that?

Green farming plan 'in chaos over software'

By Charles Clover, Environment Editor
(Filed: 05/07/2005)

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"The Government's flagship environmental farming scheme, which is meant to be transforming the landscape, has collapsed into chaos because the software does not work, say farmers' leaders.

The entry-level environmental stewardship scheme, which pays farmers £12 an acre..."


REPLY from European Agriculture Commissioner: "What the heck(tare)'s going on here? Are we in the European Union or not? It's supposed to be *euros per hectare*. Who wrote this garbage?

[re: "collapsed into chaos because the software does not work" - let's hope that if we ever get biometric I.D. cards, they will also 'collapse into chaos' for the same reason - ed.]