Funding tosupport the eradication and/or control of bracken has been available to allfarmers and crofters through agri-environment schemes for a number of years andwill continue to be available via Rural Development Contracts under the new ScotlandRural Development Programme 2007-13.In addition,payment for claims under a number of national schemes including the Single FarmPayment Scheme, requires farmers and crofters to comply with Good Agriculturaland Environmental Condition (GAEC) standards including avoidance of theencroachment of unwanted vegetation, such as bracken, which degrades theagricultural and environmental value of the land to the extent that the land isnot capable of returning to agricultural production by any time during thegrowing season in the following...