‘Devil is in the details’ with latest agri news
We should say that the figures given and thrust of the announcement are be broadly welcomed and while we must emphasise that ‘the devil is in the detail’, it’s equally important to acknowledge the Government’s efforts at fairness in the allocation of funding.
In this regard, I’d like to especially welcome the decision not to introduce a coupled payment which ICMSA vigorously lobbied against on the grounds that it effectively diverted resources away from the most active farmers and we felt that this was — and is — a strategy which was always unwise, both in practice and principle.
