There is a well known saying, 'no pain, no gain' and that will be ringing true in the minds of Milk Link’s 1,600 producers, who are on the brink of reaping just reward for 12 years of loyalty and investment.Young farmers scheme gains popularity
YOUNG farmers in Wales have been saying ‘yes’ to YESS - the Welsh Assembly Government scheme designed to offer support, guidance and grant aid to encourage young people into the farming industry.
During its first year, the Young Entrants Support Scheme has received 124 applications for support and as of July 12, some 82 agreement letters had been issued.
This amounts to a committed grant spend of £1,129,044 to be supported by private sector leverage amounting to £1,799,044.
Speaking at the Royal Welsh Show, rural affairs Minister, Elin Jones said she was ‘greatly encouraged by the number, variety and quality of the applications’.
Successful applications had come from all parts of Wales and from across all the major agricultural sectors.
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Anonymous | 20 July 2010 5:05 pm
encourage young farmers to do what exactly? work 60 hours a week for a pittance? Nobody wants to farm? dont make me laugh. Every time a smallholding comes up for rent hundreds apply for it. Ive been trying for 20 years. And what happens? it gets let to the farmer next door or from just up the road to make his already big farm even bigger. I dont for one minute believe that the average age of farmers is nearly 60 nor that nobody wants to farm. If that was the case, there would be plenty of farms for young people to rent. The money should go to people who want to rent farms, whose fathers are not farming. That way they'd be able to compete with larger farmers when it comes to tendering.
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