Agri-Business
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Advance payments under the Eco-Scheme, worth €206 million, are underway, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced.
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine confirmed that 18,000 farmers will be paid their ACRES General advance payments next week.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that some ACRES General advance payments may be delayed.
Environment
The commencement of the 2020 advance payments under the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been announced by Minister Hackett.
The 2020 advance payments under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri Environment Scheme (GLAS) will commence this week.
Galway has topped the list for the largest portion of payments under the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme.
Agri Politics
Splitting the ANC payment in two will only add to the financial woes of farmers at this difficult time, according to the ICSA.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, made no decision to hold back ANC payments to December.
The holdback of 15% of the 2019 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) payments has been criticised by the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA).
Ireland is to be granted approval for a derogation to make 70% advance payments on direct payments under CAP.
A derogation to make 70% advance payments for CAP direct payments is being sought by the Department of Agriculture.
A total of 111,000 farmers are set to benefit from advance payments worth €700 million under the BPS scheme, Minister Creed announced.
There is an increasing possibility that Irish farmers will receive 70% advance Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening payments in October.
The need for the Minister for Agriculture to secure a 70% advance payment of the BPS/Greening payment has increased a lot in recent weeks.
N.Ireland
The UFU has welcomed the announcement that advance payments will be made, where possible, from October 16 onwards.
DAERA has confirmed its intention to issue advance payments for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening Payment from October 16.
