Agri-Business
DAFM has said that applicants to the Young Farmers scheme were unsuccessful because "they did not meet one or more of the required criteria".
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has received 1,254 applications under the scheme for so-called 'Forgotten Farmers'.
Deputy Richard O’Donoghue has written to Minister Heydon to highlight "serious flaws" in the new Forgotten Farmer scheme.