tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post3400582188425460379..comments2024-03-20T08:43:10.308-07:00Comments on Common Agricultural Policy: New Farm Bill 'offers no reform at all'Wyn Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17473299774041779419noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-87021543868031656732007-11-13T12:33:00.000-08:002007-11-13T12:33:00.000-08:00Set aside land maybe being ploughed, however does ...Set aside land maybe being ploughed, however does decoupling, the single farm payment mean that farmers still receive payments even if they do not produce food ? payments for doing nothingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-24381301966780902232007-11-13T12:24:00.000-08:002007-11-13T12:24:00.000-08:00high crop prices should eliminate the excuse for s...high crop prices should eliminate the excuse for subsidiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-11163395932135141642007-11-13T00:40:00.000-08:002007-11-13T00:40:00.000-08:00Given current high arable crop prices, set aside l...Given current high arable crop prices, set aside land is being ploughed up, thus increasing supply. This does not, however, justify the payment of subsidies.Wyn Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17473299774041779419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-22655563740686359292007-11-12T05:00:00.000-08:002007-11-12T05:00:00.000-08:00How does "decoupling" benefit European taxpayers a...How does "decoupling" benefit European taxpayers and consumers?, If you pay subsidies to farmers without the need to produce food, surely this increases the cost to the consumers (ie. taxpayers) by reducing supply; add to this the great lengths to which farm lobby groups go to restrict food from outside the EU, in the guise of "consumer health interests"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-91045430196820459092007-11-12T04:50:00.000-08:002007-11-12T04:50:00.000-08:00The best way to ensure food security for European ...The best way to ensure food security for European tax payers is to allow European tax payers to source their food from anywhere they so wishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8947334.post-82983627922239305372007-11-12T04:44:00.000-08:002007-11-12T04:44:00.000-08:00The last paragraph is oh so true, and disheartenin...The last paragraph is oh so true, and dishearteningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com