Subsidies have completely changed. The new agriculture policy is light years ahead of the EU’s, which has weakened green farming due to landowner pressure
“we plan to” “we intend to” “Our Environmental Improvement Plan, to be published in January 2023, will provide more detail.”
Seems like that publication is quite old, and before implementation. I see the sentiment, but I have to wonder how well it was implemented and still have to wonder how different it is. While the EU did cut back on green requirements to reduce bureaucracy, they’ve also always had subsidies and rules regarding “green” concerns.
Yes, implementing a new agriculture policy obviously requires the future tense. We have to undo 50 years of perversely incentivised destructive practices.
The point is we can.
Abstract:
Brexit repatriates agriculture policy and subsidies after over 40 years of determination by the European Commission. The paper starts by describing the baseline at Brexit, noting the relatively small economic contribution, the problems of competitiveness given the UK’s geology and geography, and the poor environmental outcomes. The scope for improvement is correspondingly large, and in particular through the impacts of the new agricultural policy based upon public money for public goods and for England, the Environmental Land Management Schemes. Larger and more long-term impacts will come through new trade agreements, through new technologies, including digitalization, robotics, and genetics, and through carbon farming and offsets. Finally, the paper sets out a framework for a future assessment of the impact of Brexit.
How does the UK run its agriculture now? Do they do subsidies? In what way? Do they protect their produce market through import policies?
Subsidies have completely changed. The new agriculture policy is light years ahead of the EU’s, which has weakened green farming due to landowner pressure
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-land-management-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services/environmental-land-management-elm-update-how-government-will-pay-for-land-based-environment-and-climate-goods-and-services
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/eu-agrees-relax-green-rules-farming-subsidy-reform-2025-11-11/
“we plan to” “we intend to” “Our Environmental Improvement Plan, to be published in January 2023, will provide more detail.”
Seems like that publication is quite old, and before implementation. I see the sentiment, but I have to wonder how well it was implemented and still have to wonder how different it is. While the EU did cut back on green requirements to reduce bureaucracy, they’ve also always had subsidies and rules regarding “green” concerns.
Yes, implementing a new agriculture policy obviously requires the future tense. We have to undo 50 years of perversely incentivised destructive practices.
The point is we can.
https://academic.oup.com/oxrep/article-abstract/38/1/112/6514751