CAP / Schemes
What counties received the most in 2023 ANC payments?
The counties that received the most in Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme payments in 2023 have been revealed from...
ANC Payments
CAP / Schemes
€179m in ANC payments have been issued to farmers
Advance payments totalling €179 million have been issued to more than 85,000 farmers under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC)...
CAP / Schemes
Department 'cannot avoid seriousness' of payment dates push back
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been told that it “cannot continue to avoid the seriousness” of...
Agri-Business
DAFM: Galway has highest number of ANC scheme applications
121,012 farmers applied for this year’s Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Agri-Business
DAFM: Total maximum eligible area to determine ANC stocking density
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has changed the calculation used for stocking density under the Areas...
CAP / Schemes
ANC scheme balancing payments to hit farmers' bank accounts this week
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today (Monday, December 6) announced the beginning of balancing payments...
Agri-Business
Map: ANC payment rates revealed under new CAP
The allocation of money to farmers under the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme is set to remain unchanged under...
CAP / Schemes
BEAM: 'Letter of apology must be accompanied with cheque'
Letters of apology issued to farmers who had Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) penalties applied as deductions to their Areas...
N.Ireland
More than 1,000 responses to ANC Bill consultation
A Private Members Bill proposing the reinstatement of support payments for Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) in Northern Ireland has...
N.Ireland
UFU supports bill pushing for return of ANC payment
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has come out in support of a proposed bill to reintroduce the Area of Natural...
CAP / Schemes
ANC balancing payments worth €40 million commence
Balancing payments under the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) scheme have commenced with some €40 million issuing to farmers...
CAP / Schemes
IFA urges approval of TAMS applications at Charter of Rights meeting
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said it’s “absolutely essential” that the maximum number of applicants in tranche 19 of...
CAP / Schemes
2020 ANC payments worth €185 million commence
Payments worth €185 million under the 2020 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) scheme have commenced issuing this week to 86,000...
CAP / Schemes
Changes in 2020 for donkey status in ANC eligibility
Landowners who used donkeys’ passports to claim the Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) payments for 2019 and previous years will see...
CAP / Schemes
ANC payments worth €168.5 million to commence this week
Payments worth €168.5 million under the 2019 Areas of Natural/Specific Constraints Scheme and Areas of Specific Constraint (Islands) Scheme, have...
CAP / Schemes
Department 'must notify farmers of BPS application problems by Sunday'
The key issue for farmers, following the announcement of payment dates for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Areas of Natural...
CAP / Schemes
Split ANC payments 'will only add to farmer financial woes'
Splitting the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) payment in two will only add to the financial woes of farmers at...
CAP / Schemes
Minister 'made no decision' to hold back ANC payments
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, made no decision to hold back Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC)...