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A GOVERNMENT scheme that would see older farmers paid to retire has provoked an angry response from the Cumbrian farming industry. The scheme, designed to bring new blood into the trade, would see the average farmer receive a lump sum payment of £50,000 - capped at £100,000 for farmers with most land. It is part of a massive overhaul of farm grants, incentivising farmers to protect the environment. Older farmers are often most resistant to new green methods, and Environment Secretary George Eustice wants them to move on. But Alistair Mackintosh, National Farmers Union Cumbrian council delegate and west Cumbrian farmer, said he found the whole thing patronising . To suggest it needs the young generation to farm shows a complete lack of understanding by the government.I feel insulted that they say the next generation can manage the challenges as we move forward. As a farmer I have had to deal with quotas, BSE, Foot and Mouth, changes to the CAP reform, and I have ma

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