Hill Farmers

Jessica and I have experienced in detail what stories like this mean for the quality of life of some desperately poor, often tenant farmers in rural areas. This article tells us: Upland farmers are suffering serious financial hardship due to continued delays in BPS 2015 subsidy payments – and the cashflow crisis could deepen this autumn unless they are paid quickly. Robin Milton, chairman of the NFU Uplands Forum, warned hill farmers could be forced to drop annual or seasonal commitments, such as paying for feed and fertilisers or reinvesting in their businesses, without prompt payment from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).