Firstly, Swiss farmland must be farmed. Full stop. The owners can choose to farm in their own right or they can let the land out via tenancy. If the land is not being farmed, the owners receive a ...

Bird populations are 25% lower on Swiss farms compared to bordering regions of France and Germany. There are 12% fewer species in Switzerland, the study found. Field birds, such as the ...

The Swiss would also have to invest large amounts in costly inspections of foreign farms, it argues. Such arguments appear to have convinced a growing number of Swiss. While early polls indicated ...