Even more rules, farmers may groan. Your industry is already suffering from enormous price pressure. At the same time, many farmers increasingly see themselves as scapegoats for failed sustainability policies. But it does not have to be like this. More sustainability can be financed, only the political will is missing. There is a lot of money in the European pot for agriculture, 387 billion for the years 2021 to 2027, that is 31 percent of the entire EU budget. Enough to give Europe’s farmers a helping hand in the ecological transformation.
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