Agri-Business
The Agriculture Appeals Office found that insufficient notification was given around changes to the terms and conditions of the SCEP.
Environment
The Agriculture Appeals Office disallowed an appeal by a farmer as a well used for the extraction of water was not registered with the EPA
The Agricultural Appeals Office has offered advice to farmers to ensure they are compliant with the terms of certain farm schemes.
483 appeals were made by farmers in relation to farm schemes in 2024, down from 624 in the previous year, according to a new report.
Rural Life
It it of the "utmost importance" that farmers are represented on the Agriculture Appeals Review Panel according to a new report.
The independent Agriculture Appeals Office has launched an online facility to allow farmers submit appeals in a more accessible way.
The Agriculture Appeals Office received 635 agriculture appeals in 2022 and closed a total of 930 cases last year.
The average time to close a complaint to the Agriculture Appeals Office in 2021 was 185 days - twice the target set by the department.
A significant increase in the number of agri-scheme appeals made by farmers was recorded in 2020 and 2021, it was recently revealed
A farmer successfully appealed a decision by the Department of Agriculture in relation to an exclusion of payment in full under TAMS in 2020.
A farmer who initially received no 2019 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme payments due to a...
Beef
A farmer successfully appealed a decision by the Department of Agriculture over the exclusion of cattle from the BEAM reference period.
The 2020 Annual Report of the Agricultural Appeals office noted that some 760 appeals were received...
Appeals submitted by farmers to the Office of Agricultural Appeals were up by 33% last year - with...
Agri Politics
Efforts are being made for an Agricultural Appeals Review Panel, including farmer reps, in the reform of the Agriculture Appeals Office.
A farmer avoided a clawback by the Department of Agriculture of all GLAS monies that he received under the scheme after an appeal.
A farmer who had a GLAS application rejected by the Department of Agriculture won their appeal against this decision.
A farmer who did not receive ANC payments from the Department of Agriculture due to not meeting the stocking requirement won their appeal.
A penalty imposed on a farmer for breaching nitrates regulations was reversed by the Department of Agriculture after an appeal.
GLAS accounted for the lion's share of the agricultural appeals made last year, according to the Agricultural Appeals Office.
A farmer who appealed against a decision by the Department of Agriculture regarding eligibility for payment under the BDGP won the appeal.
The highest number of agri scheme appeal cases taken in 2017 were in relation to the BDGP, according to the latest official report.
