3(1)Assisting persons to produce (or produce in a particular way) a product listed in sub-paragraph (3) with a view to—
(a)ensuring that agricultural activity (or activity of a particular type) continues or evolves to support a transition to a sustainable land management regime in a particular area or on a particular type of land,
(b)ensuring that agricultural activity of a particular type continues,
(c)contributing to the economic or social wellbeing of an area,
(d)delivering an environmental benefit (such as the preservation of wildlife or a natural habitat).
(2)This purpose includes assisting persons to undertake an ancillary activity in respect of a product listed in sub-paragraph (3).
(3)The products are—
(a)cereals,
(b)oilseeds,
(c)protein crops,
(d)grain legumes,
(e)flax,
(f)hemp,
(g)wool,
(h)nuts,
(i)herbs,
(j)starch potato,
(k)milk and milk products,
(l)seeds,
(m)sheep meat, pig meat and goat meat,
(n)beef and veal,
(o)poultry meat and eggs,
(p)venison,
(q)dried fodder,
(r)hops,
(s)sugar beet,
(t)cane and chicory,
(u)fruit and vegetables, and
(v)short rotation coppice.
(4)In this paragraph, an “ancillary activity” is an activity of selling, marketing, preparing, packaging, processing or distributing a product.