Farmers dissatisfied with conditions for receiving area payments

New rules for receiving area payments have recently come into force, but they are causing unprecedented headaches for a large number of farmers. The biggest dissatisfaction is that the fields for this season were already cultivated in the fall, but what needs to be done to receive support has only become known now, so many may miss out on the funding. Maira Dzelzkalēja-Burmistre, Deputy Chairperson of the Board of the Farmers' Assembly, and Māris Bērziņš, owner of the Agricultural Cooperative "Rīgmaļi", comment on the situation. READ THE FULL ARTICLE!