Thank you Senoufou. May you inject reasoned observations in further threads.

Jim No one denies that modern farming has faults but I think if you made even a superficial study of the burden of modern CAP legislation on farming you would recognise numerous attempts to address environmental concerns that have become progressively more onerous as time goes by.
For young farmers(under35) to get a start in farming, and be eligible for payments, a basic level of agriculturual training is required.To use a spray requires a certificate indicating a basic level of competance. Watercourses must be fenced to keep cattle out, Vast areas of private land are now designated SAC, protecting everything from bog to hen harriers. The list goes on....

The situation is not the black/white, good/bad that you attempt to portray. It is far more complex. Having purchased farms, I do have a slight grasp of the issues.

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