More than 80 per cent of farmers to be paid on first day

82.5% of Welsh farmers received Single Payments totalling more than £200million on the first day that the European Commission allows payments to be made, Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones announced on the 1 December 2009.

The Single Payment Scheme (SPS) came into force on 1st January 2005. It replaced most of the individual Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) subsidy payments previously made to farmers.

WAG: Topics: Environment and countryside: Farming and countryside: Farming and scheme information: Common Agriculture Policy http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/farmingandcountryside/farming/cap/?lang=en

WAG: Topics: Environment and countryside: Farming and countryside: Farming and scheme information: Single payment scheme http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/environmentcountryside/farmingandcountryside/farming/singlepaymentschemesps/?lang=en

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