Agri-Business
The €1.5 billion scheme to kick in next year, which up to now has been called the AECM, has been given an official scheme name.
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that the new agri-environment scheme which is...
Environment
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that all farmers applying for payments under environmental schemes must be paid in 2023.
Farmers who turn down a place in the co-operation stream of the AECM won't be accepted into the scheme at all, the INHFA has suggested.
The drip feeding of information regarding the new €1.5 billion Agri-Environment Climate Measure (AECM) is not helping farmers
A large number of farmers won't be able to access support under the AECM due to the limit on its budget, according to one farm organisation.
The 'CP' aspect of the AECM - for which farmers are eligible for payments up to €10,000 - "falls short" for young farmers, Macra has said.
Following news of locations where farmers can make €10,000 in the AECM, a farm organisation has said it is 'hugely disappointing".
Some of the details of the new AECM, which were announced this week by the department, have drawn the ire of the ICMSA.
The department has published a map showing the locations where some 20,000 farmers will be eligible for €10,500 under the new AECM.
