2019 Greening Rules
Full Greening Guidance for 2019 can be found at - https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures/topics/all-schemes/basic-payment-scheme/basic-payment-scheme-full-guidance/greening-guidance-2019

NFU Scotland Combinable Crops Chairman, Ian Sands commented on 2019 Greening rules, ‘The confirmation that greening rules for the 2019 scheme year was expected by farmers to continue through the transition period. NFU Scotland continues to dispute the benefit of these blunt greening measures and recently requested that the Scottish Government request a derogation of the 3 crop rule from the European Commission. A derogation of the unnecessary 3 crop rule, which brings no real environmental benefit, would be just one step which would immensely aid Scottish farmers.
Whilst stability is needed during the transition period, NFU Scotland would like to see measures introduced post-Brexit which are of genuine benefit and do not impose unnecessary and inflexible rules on Scottish farmers. The blunt tools of the EU’s Greening rules do not fit to the profile of Scottish agriculture and therefore offer little by way of environmental gain but have added significant cost to many Scottish agricultural businesses and to Scottish Government in terms of inspections and compliance complexities. There exists a real opportunity for the Scottish Government to successfully deliver environmental objectives, but agricultural must be at the heart of all measures.’
NFU Scotland Combinable Crops Chairman, Ian Sands commented on 2019 Greening rules, ‘The confirmation that greening rules for the 2019 scheme year was expected by farmers to continue through the transition period. NFU Scotland continues to dispute the benefit of these blunt greening measures and recently requested that the Scottish Government request a derogation of the 3 crop rule from the European Commission. A derogation of the unnecessary 3 crop rule, which brings no real environmental benefit, would be just one step which would immensely aid Scottish farmers.
Whilst stability is needed during the transition period, NFU Scotland would like to see measures introduced post-Brexit which are of genuine benefit and do not impose unnecessary and inflexible rules on Scottish farmers. The blunt tools of the EU’s Greening rules do not fit to the profile of Scottish agriculture and therefore offer little by way of environmental gain but have added significant cost to many Scottish agricultural businesses and to Scottish Government in terms of inspections and compliance complexities. There exists a real opportunity for the Scottish Government to successfully deliver environmental objectives, but agricultural must be at the heart of all measures.’