Rural Life
A TD is calling on the minister to revise the age limit of 40 for people availing of measures targeted towards 'young farmers'.
Agri Politics
Young farmers invested more than €186 million in their farms in real terms, based on figures relating to TAMS, according to Macra na Feirme.
Agri-Business
A repeat webinar, organised by the Department of Agriculture, on useful pointers for the Young Farmers' Scheme, has been arranged.
The Department of Agriculture has written to all Young Farmer Scheme applicants with advice on how to meet the scheme terms and conditions.
The European Commission and the EIB have today, Monday, April 29, launched a €1 billion programme loan targeting specifically young farmers.
The National Reserve will be open for applications in 2019, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has confirmed.
Almost €20 million has been issued in payments to date by the Department of Agriculture under the Young Farmers Scheme and National Reserve.
A start date for issuing of payments under the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme has been set by the Department of Agriculture.
The online system for submission of applications is now open to both the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme in 2018.
The government has been urged to use some of the underspend in the RDP to fund schemes for young farmers by Deputy Eamon Scanlon.
