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02
Dec 2020
Farmers in the Harrogate district have expressed fears for their future as the industry prepares for its biggest shake-up in almost 50 years.
The government confirmed this week farmers will lose 50 per cent of the support payments they receive from the European Union by 2024.
George Eustice, the Environment Secretary, said the government's new system, named Environmental Land Management, will pay farmers if they prevent floods, plant woods and help wildlife.
But details of replacement support payments when the post-Brexit transition period ends on 31 December remain unclear.
Nigel Pulling, chief executive of the Yorkshire Agricultural Society, the farming charity that organises the Great Yorkshire Show, said:
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