Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that the new agri-environment scheme which is...
A Cork south west TD is calling on the Department of Agriculture, to retool its agri-environment pilot scheme, with the farm payment scheme.
The next agricultural environmental scheme has got to be index linked to 1994, the year of the original REPS, according to one farmer representative group.
"The EU's landmark Farm to Fork Strategy will be on our doorstep in the years to come. It has created more questions than answers."
While the proposed REPS-type scheme is important, it must not distract from the need to avoid gaps in payments for farmers in GLAS, IFA says.
Environment
Some €1.5 billion in revenue from the carbon tax will fund the 'flagship environmental scheme' over the course of the next 10 years.
Talks on agriculture involving Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party have ended with an agreement for the sector, AgriLand understands.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that there are plans to include a scheme similar to the REPS in the programme for government.
A Fine Gael TD has welcomed the development in government talks which will see parties examine the possibility of a new scheme similar to REPS
A new agri-environment scheme modeled after the REPS is being considered by the parties involved in government formation.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar addressed the AGM of the IFA today, Tuesday, January 28, where he was questioned on a range of issues.
The Irish Family-Farm Rights Group (IFRG) has welcomed support from other organisations to two key proposals for farm sustainability.
Rural Life
A farmer managed to recoup over €27,000 of a penalty he was issued with by the Department of Agriculture when a complaint he submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman was upheld.
The ending of REPS hit some farmers hard in 2015 with payments from environmental schemes down 60%.
Some 1,206 farmers are still waiting on payment under the AEOS scheme, according to latest figures released by the Department of Agriculture.
A nationwide GLAS planning service has been launched this week by veteran agricultural consultant...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture have no evidence of fraudulent REPS claims being made by farmers, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney.
The means by which Teagasc provides planning and support services for the new GLAS will be significantly different to its predecessor REPS.
Every townland and nearly every farm in the county has one or more monuments on it and farmers are obliged to maintain them.
AEOS and REPS payments are to commence immediately, according to the Minister for Agriculture and more than €93 million will be paid out before Christmas.
ICSA suckler chairman Dermot Kelleher says that participation in REPS has left many farmers at a disadvantage since the closure of the scheme.
