The Caithness Business Index has posted the following article:

Common Agricultural Policy - Payments Underway

Payments worth more than a third of a billion pounds have begun, Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing has announced. In the coming months, eligible farmers, crofters and land managers will receive their Common Agricultural Policy Pillar 1 2018 entitlement, with around 78% of eligible claimants having already received up to 90% of their entitlement through a government loan in October. [Read Full Article]