Compliance scare overdone

FARMERS need all of their optimism to resist the scare stories and bogeys which are created any time something new rears its head.

First, there was the Agenda 2000 agreement, heralded as the end of the world, but it brought many farmers their most prosperous years ever.

More recently, the Mid Term Review brought out the doomsayers, but many farmers are looking forward to the Single Payment system which has resulted from the Review.