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VALENTINE LOTTERY – FARMERS URGED TO CHECK SINGLE PAYMENT STATEMENTS FOR VALIDATION All English farmers are due to be notified of the number of Single Farm Payment Entitlements they have been allocated and their value, from next Tuesday February 14 (Definitive Establishment Day). The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has welcomed the Government's promise to get the 'bulk' of full payments out by the end of March 2006 but it is urging farmers and land managers to check their letters carefully to clarify whether these entitlement statements are validated or not. CLA President David Fursdon says: "We are concerned that a high proportion may not be validated and if so, if farmers and land managers decide to trade them, they will be taking a big risk. Let's hope the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) makes it very clear to all farmers and land managers in the accompanying letter and explanatory guidance how the figure in each farmer's definitive (or in some cases non-definitive) entitlement is reached. If the entitlement statements are not validated then they can be traded, but farmers and land managers must be aware that, if subsequently they are not validated, the RPA have the right to just take them back. "We have also asked the RPA to make plain whether financial sums shown are before or after deductions and that the details behind any deductions be explained very clearly. "For many, this will be the first correspondence they have had since submitting their applications last May, and I fear that the RPA may not have resources in place to cope with thousands of calls asking for clarification and guidance. The RPA customer service centre is already telling callers that it cannot talk to them or answer their queries until after March 6 and, as happened last year, the CLA and other farming organisations will be swamped with member calls seeking advice on what the information means and what can they do about it. This is particularly worrying when, under the rules, farmers must return their application forms for 2006 by May 15. "Our members are also concerned that resources needed to implement the Single Farm Payment Scheme may be impacting on environmental schemes such as countryside stewardship with delays to payments reported in eastern and southern regions." |
Contact Dorothy Fairburn
A farmer’s daughter from the North York Moors, where her brothers still farm, Dorothy has clocked up more than 30 years’ service to the rural economy since graduating from Wye College (University of London) with a degree in agriculture. She qualified as a rural practice chartered surveyor (land agent) whilst working for Savills plc in London and York, dealing with sales and purchases of country houses and estates as well as the management of investment estates for financial institutions. Prior to joining the CLA, Dorothy worked for the National Trust in Yorkshire. There she managed some 30,000 acres of outstanding countryside as well as being responsible for historic houses open to the public and the acquisition of major new properties. Dorothy was awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Year Honours List in recognition of her services to rural affairs. T: 01748 907070 F: 01748 907075 dorothy.fairburn@cla.org.uk Have a problem - need advice? Yorkshire Office Aske Stables
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