New regulations being drafted to assist the largest farms

These companies are profitable, but in order to keep 3,600 of them competitive, various regulations must be changed, particularly with reference to the rules governing the lease of land and levelling their access to EU funds compared to other farms. New solutions, to provide security to large landowners, are currently being prepared by the Agriculture Ministry. "A threat to the largest estates are large family-owned farms which do not usually employ hired seasonal staff who can be expensive. The perspectives for large farms are good, as they have 20% lower costs than their EU counterparts," said Wojciech Jóżwiak from the Food Economy Institute (IERiGŻ). (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) M.M.