As a working farm with fields sown to grass within the last 5 years for hay and haylage crop, I am very concerned about the proposed CAP permanent pasture rules. If I move into permanent pasture on these fields under the current rules I am able to grow arable and non grass crops, but may if the UK loses more than 10% of its permanent pasture be required to return these fields to grass for permanent pasture. I can accept that, however under the proposed new CAP rules, if I allow these fields to move into permanent pasture then never again can my farm have the flexibility of alternative arable crops to fit in with varying livestock regimes. This is so restrictive and will cause the farm to be valued lower than a flexible crop farm, therefore I have no alternative but to rapidly plough up all prospective permanent pasture, put it in arable and break the cycle.It is obvious to see all prospective permanent pasture farmers in Europe doing the same thus destroying all the good stored up.As a matter of urgency the EU needs to protect VERY HIGH VALUE permanent pasture with its new rules but revert to the current rules for pastures sown mechanicaly for feed or suffer a massive plough up in the next few months.URGENT attention to this detail is needed.