The idea was that this single farm payment would, in time, wither away.

The single farm payment provides a hedge against market volatility.

The waste comes in areas ranging from welfare and capital projects to farm payments.

The government also delayed delivery of farm payments until just before the balloting, he said.

Reducing farm payments should also benefit European consumers, who pay more for their food.

That will mean farm payments are expected to be lower for at least a few years.

The new farm payment will in fact be cut if management obligations are not discharged.

Only their single farm payment keeps them going by subsidising production.

For the court to say that golf clubs are getting the single farm payment is erroneous.

In 1995, they received $3.98 billion, or 55 percent of all federal farm payments.