EU Commission Drops Disease Compensation Threat For Farmers
The NFU (National Farmers' Union, UK) has fought off EU Commission proposals that would have cost British farmers millions of pounds in compensation for animal disease outbreaks.Intense lobbying by the NFU and Defra on a proposed new EU Regulation governing so-called "state aids" to farmers has resulted in three potentially hugely damaging proposals being scrapped.
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