PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Arable Farming (17 November 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reasons field margins have not been included in ecological focus areas on arable farms in England.
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour)
Answer
Under the new Common Agricultural Policy we made five options for greening available in England, these include Buffer Strips and Land Lying Fallow. These options allow English farmers to gain credit for uncultivated arable land at field edges
Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
22 November 2016
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