Agri-Business
How many BPS applications were made in your county?
The highest number of 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications made by this year’s deadline came from Co. Cork. Of...
Basic Payment
N.Ireland
Is a £70m farm-support package available in NI?
According to Sinn Féin’s Declan McAleer, there is scope to draw down a £70 million farm-support package from the Northern...
N.Ireland
Could Poots’ reform proposals destroy the entire fabric of rural areas?
A Co. Armagh farmer believes that reform proposals in farm support for Northern Ireland (NI) will destroy the entire fabric...
Opinion
What does future sustainability really mean for farmers?
I’m tired of being told that farmers must accept that the only scenario coming down the track for them is...
Opinion
We don't do cheap food in Ireland
Paul Caskie, an economist with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, told delegates attending a...
N.Ireland
Over 95% of farmers in the North have received their Basic Payment monies
A total of 96% farmers in the North have received their Basic Payment monies, the Minister for Agriculture, Environment and...
CAP / Schemes
Over €12m to be refunded to Irish farmers from today
Payment of €12.4m to approximately 98,000 farmers has commenced today, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has announced....
CAP / Schemes
Over 10,000 farmers yet to submit their Basic Payment application
With just three days to go until the deadline for the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), the Department of Agriculture...
Agri-Business
Basic Payment Scheme - how and why to apply online
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine opened the online facility for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) on March...