Farmers in Scotland who plant new woodlands can ask to keep their entitlements under the CAP Single Farm Payment Scheme until May 2008.
Scottish forestry minister Rhona Brankin said: “We recognise that the changes in the European regulations surrounding agriculture and rural development have caused some people to delay their decisions about whether to plant trees.
“This new extension to consolidation of single farm payments for afforestation will provide additional encouragement for farmers considering tree planting to go ahead with their woodland creation plans.”
