Tillage farmers encounter difficulties with cover crops

Cover crops are the latest feature of the reformed CAP proving difficult for tillage farmers.

Already, diversification forces farmers to cater for up to three different crops, often necessitating multiple journeys to distant areas where land is rented, compared to their pre-diversification routines.

The other main new requirement is for growers of more than 15 hectares to have at least 5% ecological focus areas.