Set-Aside For 2008 Harvest... Set Aside.Originally pubished in Agricultural Bulletin, 2007 With set-aside not scheduled for discussion until November, the EU Commission's recent announcement to fix it at 0% for 2008 came quite unexpectedly. In a surprise move, EU farm ministers agreed at their July council meeting to fix compulsory set-aside at 0% for the 2008 growing season growing season, period during which plant growth takes place. In temperate climates the growing season is limited by seasonal changes in temperature and is defined as the period between the last killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of autumn, at which . While the decision is not yet set in law, the Commission expects to confirm the zero rate by the end of August so that farmers can start planting additional crops this autumn. However, this is a one-off derogation The partial repeal of a law, usually by a subsequent act that in some way diminishes its Original Intent or scope. Derogation is distinguishable from abrogation, which is the total Annulment of a law. DEROGATION, civil law. and does not abolish set-aside permanently. The decision was driven by low intervention stocks, the uncertainty of this season's harvest due to the disruptive weather, and the livestock sector's high prices. The Commission estimates that the move should increase EU cereal cereal or grain Any grass yielding starchy seeds suitable for food. The most commonly cultivated cereals are wheat, rice, rye, oats, barley, corn, and sorghum. As human food, cereals are usually marketed in raw grain form or as ingredients of food products. production by between 10m and 17m tonnes for the 2008 harvest. There was little opposition to this move, with only Slovakia raising a slight objection due to the environmental benefits of set-aside. The Commission is well aware of these benefits and is in the process of trying to quantify them in time for the November Health Check, when plans to abolish set-aside permanently will be discussed. The question is: will compulsory set-aside be reinstated in 2009 or is this the end of the mechanism in its entirety? The fact that the Commission has set it at 0% rather than abolish it suggests that farmers are meant to recognise that it could return, and should therefore be discouraged from ploughing out valuable habitats. However, there is an expectation that it could be permanently removed as early as 2009 and definitely by 2012 at the latest. There is little doubt that whatever the outcome of set-aside under the Health Check, farmers will be encouraged to keep valuable habitats, presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. with additional agri-environmental schemes. Of course, under the existing Single Payment regime, land does not have to be cropped or grazed graze 1 v. grazed, graz·ing, graz·es v.intr. 1. To feed on growing grasses and herbage. 2. Informal a. To eat a variety of appetizers as a full meal. to trigger entitlements. It can be left in 'arable fallow' for one year or in longer-term fallow fallow a pale cream, light fawn, or pale yellow coat color in dogs. with a grass or other cover, both of which come under the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC GAEC Ghana Atomic Energy Commission GAEC Greek Atomic Energy Commission ) 12 rules (this used to be termed voluntary set-aside). In the UK, a considerable area of poor land and some in environmental strips (Local Environmental Risk Assessement for Pesticides or other) is expected to remain in GAEC 12 in 2008. Assuming that the 0% set-aside goes ahead, farmers will continue to have set-aside entitlements (at least for the 2008 year). But following the 0% ruling, we expect farmers will be able to activate their set-aside entitlements for payment in 2008 with land that is either in production or fallow. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances. Ms Susan Shaw Susan Shaw was born in 1929 as Patsy Sloots and died in 1978. She was prepared by the J Arthur Rank Organization to be one of their starlets in the so-clled "Charm School". After a good start to her career, it slowly disintegrated due to excessive alcohol. Smith & Williamson 25 Moorgate London EC2R 6AY UNITED KINGDOM Tel: 207131 4000 Fax: 207131 4029 E-mail: info@smith.williamson.co.uk URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : www.smith.williamson.co.uk Click Here for related articles (c) Mondaq Ltd, 2007 - Tel. +44 (0)20 8544 8300 - http://www.mondaq.com |
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