Agri-Business
With additional funds being allocated to the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme in 2018, the payments in hill areas should be increased.
A nationwide campaign is being prepared to double the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) payments to farmers in mountain and more severely handicapped areas.
To date 1,566 cases have been identified as having an Area of Natural Constraints (ANCs) area over declaration and received yellow card penalties.
Environment
A major rally is to take place in the Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon, this Friday December 2 at 8pm to highlight the importance of ANCs payments.