Entitlement transfers shifting up a gear ahead of May 15

Significant changes arising from the ending of the current phase of CAP support are resulting in much activity, with farmers and landowners scrambling to understand how they will be affected by the changes.

Farmers who lease in entitlements, or landowners who lease out entitlements, must pay particular attention, following clarifications of how the new Single Payment Scheme is to operate.

At the risk of repeating the obvious, existing Single Farm Payment entitlements are expiring on December 31, 2014.