The second big advantage of the current agreement is that it leads us into the world trade talks in a strong position. We have put our house in order by stopping the promotion and development of surplus products and taken away the considerable irritant of the dumping of subsidised products onto third country markets. The agreement will safeguard direct payments, through the single farm payment, which amount to €1.3 billion per annum. People might say that there are no longer that many farmers and their numbers are falling further. However, the figure of €1.3 billion works out at about €13,000 on average per farmer, although some get more and others get less. This figure represents up to 60% of farmers' incomes. They will be protected from challenge in the world trade talks because they are no longer linked to surplus production. They will be protected in this manner right into the next decade, which is extremely important for our farming community.