Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) confirmed 116,000 ACRES scorecards were submitted by the deadline of August 31.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that 61% of ACRES scorecards have been submitted.
Almost 9,900 farmers have been identified by the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) as receiving an "overpayment" under the ACRES scheme.
171 farmers currently have outstanding "overpayments" under ACRES, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has confirmed.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that over 9,000 farmers have to make repayments under ACRES.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said around 6,600 of the 31,000 farmers who received full ACRES payment have an "outstanding debt".
A second pay run is commencing this week in respect of balancing payments for farmers in the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES).
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that some ACRES General advance payments may be delayed.
