A base income would be a guarantee for all

A small, but powerful farming group wants to maintain the present system of single farm payment (SFP) after 2013.

Farmers are being told that this is the best method of distributing the new SFP.

But most dairy farmers, and particularly small to medium quota holders, would be victimised, because they receive little from the current system.

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