New CAP to value hedgerows for the first time

For the first time, there will be a direct financial value for hedgerows.

For the first time, there will be a direct financial value for hedgerows.

For the first time, there will be a direct financial value on hedgerows, as part of the 4% minimum of their land which farmers will have to devote to biodiversity, in order to qualify for the single farm payment in the new CAP, according to Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue.

He said the CAP standards for maintenance of land in good agricultural and environmental condition will also require farmers to retain landscape features, including hedgerows.