Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed that over 5,500 AMS notifications have been sent to farmers since June.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) advised of two important opportunities regarding corrections to 2025 BISS scheme applications.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said the first round of Area Monitoring System (AMS) notifications will be sent later this month.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) sent over 5,800 notifications to farmers due to issues being found by the Area Monitoring System (AMS).
Rural Life
Figures provided by the minister show that over 3,300 notifications were sent to farmers in Q3 for the potential presence of incorrect crops.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has issued over 8,900 notifications to farmers this year as a result of satellite farm inspections.
Beef
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) confirmed 3,165 farmers have received notifications as a result of satellite farm inspections this year.
The EU Commission said that its proposal to make the use of geotagged photos voluntary has received a "positive opinion" from member states.
Advice has been provided to farmers regarding corrections to their BISS and other area-based scheme applications.
AMS will be used to check farmer compliance with the extensively-grazed pasture and winter bird food measures under ACRES.
Sheep News
Kerry County Council is to commence mapping all dog attacks on sheep reported to the local authority this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has said that the use of satellite farm inspections for scheme compliance will be expanded in 2024.
Over 9,300 farmers received notifications as a result of satellite farm inspections this year, the Department of Agriculture (DAFM) confirmed
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said that almost 2,000 farmers have been sent notifications arising from satellite farm inspections.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has written to farmers this week reminding them of the "key payment dates" in 2023.
The Department of Agriculture DAFM has contacted almost 2,500 farmers in relation to issues arising from satellite farm inspections.
Agri Politics
The change to payment dates for 2023 for some schemes under the CAP is the earliest possible dates for this year, according to the minister.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) will be sending notifications to around 4,750 farmers arising from satellite inspections.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) contacted 8,000 farmers after scheme application issues were flagged by a satellite inspection system.
