Farm subsidies to be based on environment protections in new Brexit plan
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mirror.co.ukFarmers will be subsidies for environmental protections rather than the size of their farms after Brexit in plans set out by the Government.
The changes to agricultural policy, which will be brought in over seven years up to 2028, are being seen as the most significant change to farming and land management for England in more than 50 years.
A new roadmap from Government spells out how "direct payments", paid out under the basic payment scheme for the amount of land farmed, will start to be reduced from 2021 on the way to being phased out by 2028.
The Government has committed to maintaining the £2.4 billion per year for farming over this parliament, but plans to halve the £1.8 billion paid in direct payments by 2024, with the biggest
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