Rural Life
Minister Heydon has confirmed that 123,705 farmers applied online for the BISS and other area-based schemes before the May 15 deadline.
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs has confirmed that the Entitlement Transfer Service for 2025 will open tomorrow
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed that the clawback on entitlements will not be reinstated for the 2025 scheme year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) received over 25,000 applications from farmers to lease entitlements this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) confirmed 124,274 farmers applied online for the BISS and other area-based schemes.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has received almost 64,000 applications for area-based schemes, including BISS.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has received over 46,000 applications for area-based schemes, including BISS.
There is now less than a month to the deadline for farmers to submit applications to transfer entitlements.
Almost 38,000 transfer of entitlements applications under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have been submitted.
The deadline for the transfer of payment entitlements for 2023 has been extended, the DAFM has announced today (Wednesday, May 23).
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has announced that the online system for transferring payment entitlements is now open.
Opinion
I attended a recent Irish Grain Growers' Group (IGG) meeting, at which the issue of Common Agricultural Policy entitlements was discussed.
Property
Hailed as a "top class dairy farm" this property at Breska, Clarina, Co. Limerick, comprises 148ac of rolling grazing land.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is considering changes to the rules relating to sale of entitlements under the new CAP.
Jordan Auctioneers is bringing to the market 76ac of top-quality tillage lands, located just outside Athy on the Kildare/Laois border.
West of Ireland auctioneer says there is plenty of land available to lease and while cost has risen it will level out in 2019.
Joseph Naughton is one of the busiest auctioneers in Ireland when it comes to entitlements and his phone is hopping as the deadline looms.
The fact that landowners can lease out their entitlements is a symptom of everything that's wrong with the current CAP.
There is demand for leased land and entitlements in this country and trade is booming in both, according to Mark McConnell in Co. Donegal.
As the deadline draws closer Owen O'Driscoll of entitlements.ie estimates that the entitlements trade has increased by about 25% on last year.
Michael Guiry's business is mainly in leasing entitlements. He estimates that sales of entitlements are accounting for just 5% of the market.
There is plenty of demand to buy entitlements this season. There is not an appetite to sell. This is mainly due to the 20% "clawback".
The entitlements trade is beginning to pick up as the deadline for buying and selling draws near. AgriLand chatted to Doyle Auctioneers.
