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Farm support, ceiling on

In 2006, the Danish Commissioner for agriculture, Mariann Fischer Boel, proposed a ceiling on farm support. The proposal was aimed at removing all support in excess of 2.2 million Danish kroner, which would affect 41 Danish farms and estates. A ceiling of 300 000 euros would affect 1000 farms in Germany and 330 in the UK. Germany and the UK are the two countries which have rejected a ceiling on farm support. In the EU’s largest agricultural country, France, only 30 holdings would be affected.

In Denmark, Christian Moltke, who owns Denmark’s largest estate, Bregentved in central Sjælland, receives around 7 million Danish kroner.

Recipients of agricultural support are now in the public domain in Denmark and a number of other countries. During the budget debate in 2006, the European Parliament voted down a proposal which would have abolished all support over 40 000 euros per unit. That corresponds to 300 000 Danish kroner. The proposal would have affected 8% of farmers in the EU but would have cut the budget by an estimated 40%.

See also CAP