CAP / Schemes
No penalty for GLAS farmers who haven't returned slurry spreading forms - yet
Some 88% of farmers have returned Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) forms under GLAS to the Department of Agriculture, latest figures...
Payments
CAP / Schemes
Second phase GLAS payments worth €5m begin to issue to farmers
The “long overdue” 15% second phase GLAS payment for 2015 is now being made to around 24,000 farmers, IFA Rural Development...
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How to avoid costly calf registration errors
Are you wondering how you can avoid costly calf registration errors and Bord Bia penalties? As the busy spring season...
CAP / Schemes
3,000 GLAS farmers have not passed Department’s pre-payment validation checks for 2015
Some 3,000 farmers under GLAS have not passed all of the Department of Agriculture’s pre-payment validation checks for 2015, the...
CAP / Schemes
Today's the last chance to make amendments to Basic Payment applications
Today, May 31, is the final day farmers have to make amendments to their Basic Payment Scheme application. Some 130,700...
CAP / Schemes
Government plans to propose €50,000 cut to top farm payments
The programme for Government agreed between Fine Gael and a host of Independent TD’s has set out to reduce the...
Agri-Business
Payments begin to issue to Burren Farming applicants
Payments have started issuing to farmers under the 2015 Burren Farming for Conservation Programme (BFCP), the Minister for Agriculture, Simon...
Agri-Business
Department says 99% of farmers have now got their Basic Payments
At present 123,774 farmers (99%) have been paid over €1.12 billion under the Basic Payment Scheme, the Department of Agriculture...
Agri-Business
New CAP simplification rules will apply this year - IFA
IFA this week met with the EU Commission in Brussels to discuss the new rules on simplification of the CAP...
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Where might trees fit for a sustainable future?
The Teagasc Forestry One to One Clinics facilitate a discussion on where trees might fit for a sustainable future. Teagasc...
Agri-Business
1,500 young farmers awaiting payment as questions remain over applications
Some 1,550 applicants to the National Reserve/Young Farmer Scheme cannot be processed yet due to a lack of documentation, according...
Agri-Business
Delay in payments causing 'severe pressure' for young farmers
The ongoing delays with the payments to young farmers is causing severe pressure for many young farmers, according to Macra...