N.Ireland
Fairer and more proportionate penalty system developed under the new Sustainable Agriculture Programme (SAP) in Northern Ireland.
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) restricted 325 herds this year due to serious identification, registration and movement non-compliances.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has confirmed that 44 herds remain restricted for tagging and registration breaches in 2023.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) issued almost 100 compliance notices due to tagging and registration breaches.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) confirmed that almost 1,000 farmers were given penalties for tagging and registration breaches in 2022.
Proposed penalties for the late submission of scorecards under the new ACRES scheme should be scrapped, the IFA has said.
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is to review the effectiveness of farmer penalties available to local authorities.
Rural Life
Fines for offences including speeding, using a mobile phone and not wearing a seatbelt will double, the Department of Transport has said.
A total of 6,497 farmers had penalties applied to their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments in 2019 for various reasons.
Agri Politics
A total of 6,497 farmers had penalties applied to their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments in 2019, Minister Creed has confirmed.
Beef
Penalties imposed by factories cost farmers over €33 million last year, according to analysis by IFA treasurer Tim Cullinan.
Opinion
Fortunately, 2018 has arrived with no news of any serious farm accident or safety-related incident being reported.
To date in 2016, 1,503 farmers have received land eligibility penalties under the basic payment scheme totalling just over €380,000.
Farmers who over-declare how much lands they own under the CAP are to receive a yellow card instead of being penalised twice the difference, the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan has said.
