(E&A) Cows Starved Due to Delay in Subsidies

Found this in my web meanderings, thought I'd bring it to the table, so to speak.

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"A GWENT farmer was jailed for four months after he allowed 21 cows to starve to death on a mountainside. [...]
In court, Weeks, from Ty Gwyn Farm, Ty Gwyn Road, Gilwern, and who represented himself, said he was "ashamed" of what had happened but said he was unable to buy food for the cows because of delays in subsidy payments. He said he had no other way of getting money."

While admitting that there were other possible options for this man, how often does this 'delay in subsidies' happen? If this happens more widely, then the price of meat'll go up.

Bad way to go about commencing a vegetarian movement, though...