Clawback on entitlements sale reveals a new layer of red tape

YET another row over the Single Farm Payment Scheme, which was meant to be such a simple, non-bureaucratic, freedom-to-farm regime.

Many farmers have yet to be paid their 2005 entitlements, because of complexities which remain to be resolved.

Now, the clawback on the sale of entitlements has added another layer of dissatisfaction.