What is replacing the single farm payment?

In 2024, Defra plan to replace BPS with delinked payments. When payments are delinked, it will be unnecessary to farm the land to receive the payments, until they have been phased out. Farmers could be offered a lump sum in place of any further BPS and delinked payments to which they would have been entitled.

Why did the farmers wife regret at the end?

Ans: The farmers wife saw the snake tom into pieces. Her own son was safely asleep. She realised her mistake. She felt very sorry.

What did Farmers wife see?

She saw a black snake lying dead on the floor. Seeing it, the farmers wife realized her mistake that she had killed the mongoose out of rage.