Johann Tasker 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Agri-politics, food & farming. Founding editor & co-host of the @FarmersWeekly Podcast; & the @Mighty8thPod with @MikeHistorian; @GAJinfo chairman 2022-24
Dec 19, 2020 8 tweets 6 min read
How it started vs how it's going - for #SugarBeet growers

1/8 In 2016, UK farm minister and Conservative MP George Eustice said farmers would be better off if the UK left the EU. Mr Eustice has since been promoted to @DefraGovUK secretary

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Feb 25, 2020 10 tweets 3 min read
LATEST: Basic Payments will be reduced by the following percentages in 2021 for farmers in England, @DefraGovUK has confirmed.
#NFU20 #NFU2020 (thread 1/10) For example, for a claim worth £40,000, a 5% reduction would be applied to the first £30,000 and a 10% reduction would be applied to the next £10,000. (thread 2/10)
Feb 25, 2020 8 tweets 6 min read
LATEST: @DefraGovUK secretary George Eustice will use @NFUtweets conference to unveil details of government's Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme.
#NFU20 #nfu2020 (thread 1/8) ELM scheme will replace direct payments to farmers, which will be phased out from 2021. It will reward farmers who undertake environmental measures on their land.
#NFU20 #nfu2020 (thread 2/8)