It has driven birds out of the countryside, led to soil erosion, and caused the loss of woodlands and wildflower meadows. Farming subsidies will be restructured after a Brexit deal is made, with the government guaranteeing present EU-level subsidies until the election in 2022, according to Environmental Secretary Michael Gove. Farmers will be paid for "public goods", such as meadow-planting and countryside access, and the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) policy will be replaced with a system that rewards efficiency rather than the amount of land owned, Gove indicated. The UK would also retain its "single market access" rules on goods from outside the EU, which are currently being phased out by 2020.
Farming subsidies will be restructured after a Brexit deal is made, with the government guaranteeing present EU-level subsidies until the election in 2022, according to Environmental Secretary Michael Gove. Farmers will be paid for "public goods", such as meadow-planting and countryside access, and the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) policy will be replaced with a system that rewards efficiency rather than the amount of land owned, Gove indicated. The UK would also retain its "single market access" rules on goods from outside the EU, which are currently being phased out by 2020.