Environment
It was a real learning process as Castlerea, Co. Roscommon suckler farmer John Larkin and family availed of the latest tranche
Buildings
Almost €37 million was paid out to young farmers under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) in 2019.
Agri-Business
It has been revealed that over 9,800 farmers who have received an approval under TAMS II have yet to submit a payment claim.
A surge in planning permissions granted for Agricultural Buildings has continued in the second quarter of the year.
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that approvals for grant aid will issue to farmers in the TAMS scheme next week.
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that it is still working on its IT system which approves applicants to the TAMS II scheme.
The third tranche of TAMS II is now open to applications with grant aid available for a host of on-farm investments.
Following intense pressure from farm organisations, the Department in late 2015 issued farm building grant approvals for urgent dairy investments under TAMS II.
More approvals under the TAMS II schemes have commenced, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Under the Terms and Conditions of the new TAMS II all applications are ranked using a predetermined set of criteria.
Minister has announced the opening dates of the second tranches for online applications for various TAMS II Schemes
Dairy
Minister Coveney has said that it is anticipated that approvals will commence soon for the first tranche of the TAMS II farm building grants.
The first approvals of applications under the first TAMS II schemes are set to issue later this week, according to the IFA.
