CAP / Schemes - Farming News
Home » CAP / Schemes
The latest news on government farming schemes, farming grants and farm payments
A total of 6,497 farmers had penalties applied to their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)…
The EU should stop importing agricultural goods made using pesticides that are banned within the bloc, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development…
Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Byrne has been appointed as the new Minister of State for European Affairs. Byrne replaces Fine Gael TD Helen…
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Barry Cowen met for the first time with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Stakeholder Consultative Committee…
“A bigger and better Sheep Welfare Scheme must be top of the agenda for the new Minister for Agriculture – Barry Cowen.” This…
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has outlined how he plans to divvy up the £25 million Covid-19 financial support package today (June…
A two-year long extension to programmes under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been agreed today, Tuesday, June 30, at EU level. The…
Minister for Agriculture Barry Cowen has taken part in his first EU-level meeting in his new role, with a meeting of the European…
Direct payments from the EU in the form of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and various other schemes accounted for 77% of family…
Agriculture is often deemed the main user of plant protection products in this country. Tractors and sprayers travel the roads and are visible…
The appointment of Pippa Hackett as a Super Junior Minister for Agriculture yesterday, June 27, came as a surprise to many. The senator…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine was wrong to introduce new TB protocols around the removal of inconclusives in advance of…
The commencement of payments of over €13.35 million to approximately 100,000 farmers has been announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine…
Earlier today AgriLand published a report detailing the likely budget that will be allocated for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) next year. There…
A farmer who did not receive Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (ANC) payments from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine due…
The European Commission will appropriate some €40 billion for the European Agriculture Guarantee Fund for 2021, the pot of funds which is used…
A penalty which had been imposed on a farmer for breaching nitrates regulations by allegedly exceeding the permitted limit of nitrogen per hectare…
“The EU’s landmark Farm to Fork Strategy will, in the not-too-distant future, be on our doorstep. It presents more questions than answers.” That’s…
