date:Apr 03, 2013
othing comes out of it for nature and the environment. Aigner also takes a critical view of the European Commission proposals on the capping of EU direct payments to certain large-scale farming operations and on the scheme for the active farmer. These plans, too, would mean more bureaucracy: We need to take a critical look at what the required capping would achieve at the final count. Out of approx. 3000 large-scale farms in Germany to be checked, less than 100 are actually likely to be concerne