CAP / Schemes
DAFM now accepting 2024 BISS applications
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has today (Tuesday, February 20) opened the application process for the...
eco-schemes
Agri-Business
Eco-scheme advance payments worth €184m commence
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today (Tuesday, October 31) announced the commencement of advance payments under...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers to be issued eco-scheme payments on Tuesday
Advance payments are set to be issued to farmers on Tuesday, October 31, for those have qualified for an eco-scheme...
Agri Politics
INHFA seeks tax exemption for environmental scheme payments
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) is seeking a tax exemption for all payments farmers receive under various...
Environment
New website to show effect of farm practices on environment
Farmers can visit a new website created by the European Commission to discover what impact their farm practices can have...
Agri-Business
Almost 130,000 farmers apply for BISS and other schemes
Almost 130,000 (128,712) farmers applied online for the new Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other area-based schemes, Minister...
CAP / Schemes
Space for nature calculation issue impacts over 1,000 scheme applications
A calculation issue involving space for nature percentages is set to affect some agri-scheme applications, including over 1,000 which have...
CAP / Schemes
Eco-scheme opt-out rate falls as DAFM simplifies online application
The number of farmers choosing to opt-out of the Eco-scheme has fallen from 12% to 2% in the past week,...
Tillage Technical
What’s in the new eco-scheme for tillage farmers?
A total of eight agricultural practices (APs) have been defined within the criteria laid down within the new eco-scheme as...
Tillage Technical
CAP: 2023 is first year of new crop rotation requirements
For some farmers the eco-scheme will make a major contribution to their new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments. In most...
CAP / Schemes
Requirements of Space for Nature action in CAP altered
Changes have been made to the requirements of the ‘Space for Nature’ action under the eco-scheme and the Basic Income...
CAP / Schemes
DAFM releases space for nature values for CAP schemes
Farmers’ individual Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition 8 (GAEC 8) and ‘eco scheme space for nature’ indicative estimates, are now...
CAP / Schemes
Lower stocking rate to count as two actions in eco-scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has outlined that under the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), maintaining a...
Beef
Farmers urged to avail of subsidised training scheme
An agri-consultant based in the midlands has urged farmers to avail of the Agri-Environment Training Scheme (AETS) day, which is...
CAP / Schemes
Ireland's eco-scheme not up to scratch - commission observations
Ireland’s proposed eco-scheme under Pillar I of the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) from 2023 will need improving, the European...
CAP / Schemes
Eco-scheme: Degressive rate of payment 'may be developed'
A degressive rate of payment may be developed for the eco-scheme under Pillar I of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)....
CAP / Schemes
Eco-scheme: Cut to funding 'will undermine future CAP budgets'
Reducing the funding for the eco-scheme in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) “would be negatively perceived at EU level...
CAP / Schemes
Department to ask EU to allow designated land in eco-scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is set to ask the European Commission to include designated Natura land...