Agri-Business
Carthy has said that the department approach to extending the deadline to sow wild bird cover under GLAS is "verging on begrudging".
The department will provide farmers with the opportunity to extend the deadline for planting wild bird cover under GLAS, Agriland understands.
Tillage
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has called on the minister to grant an extension to the deadline for sowing wild bird cover under GLAS.
Environment
Areas planted with wild bird cover under GLAS will be eligible for ANC payments on this land in 2019 and beyond.
After this summer's drought, many wild bird cover crops sown under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environmental Scheme (GLAS) came under pressure.
Crops sown under wild bird cover have destroyed 30ac of oats in Galway and nothing appears to be scaring them off.
The original deadline for the sowing of wild bird cover under the GLAS scheme was May 31, this year.
If a farm does not have a priority environmental asset (PEA), in order to improve the chances of successful entry into GLAS Teagasc advises farmers to choose one of the two relevant priority actions.
