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Townee farmers
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 06:28:20 +0000 (UTC), "anton"
wrote: martin wrote in message ... http://money.independent.co.uk/perso...tory.jsp?story =431709 Quitting the rat race of urban stress and heading for a new life in the countryside is becoming increasingly popular. Research by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors shows nearly two-thirds of farms sold between April and June were bought by non-farmers. Rob Jeffrey, founder of NewLandOwners, says: "For them, it's living the dream, but in many ways they are the saviours of the countryside."............... There's a legal farce going on at present concerning the Common Agricultural Policy which means that farmers who sell or buy farms at the moment don't know exactly what they are selling or buying. The result is that the market is dominated by those who are getting out of farming and those who are not buying farms for the purpose of farming them. Presumably when those legislating get their act together, farmers will be able to buy and sell farms again. The reason that farmers are getting out is because without subsidies many small farms aren't profitable. The CAP policy is to reduce subsidies. New Zealand abolished subsidies completely some time ago. There is no point in subsidising somebody to produce food at uneconomic prices that nobody wants. -- Martin |
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