Agri-Business
Balancing payments under the 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening have commenced. The...
Farmers are being urged to ensure that their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications have been sent by next week's closing date.
The application period for three schemes closed on Monday of this week, namely the BPS; the National Reserve/YFS; and the new SIM.
Inspection interviews for the Young Farmers Scheme will be taking place over the phone for the foreseeable future.
Agri Politics
There will be a new National Reserve for young farmers and new entrants in 2020, according to the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA).
It has been said that the pressure must now come onto the pillar banks to "take up this offer and put their money where their mouth is".
There is a large variance in the numbers of applicants under the 2018 National Reserve and 2018 Young Farmers Scheme (YFS) by county.
Almost 9,500 applications were submitted under the 2018 Young Farmers Scheme, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Rural Life
While the Department of Agriculture is supportive of returning emigrants engaging in farming, the National Reserve is a limited resource.
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced changes to Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes.
The system for the submission of applications to the National Reserve and the Young Farmers Scheme in 2017 is now open, Minister Creed, said.
Payments under the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme will commence tomorrow, December 1, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, has confirmed.
Payments under a variety of key schemes will issue to farmers in the coming months.
There is 'no flexibility' around new EU regulations which requiring applicants to key young farmer schemes to have commenced their education prior to submitting an application.
The education requirement for the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme has changed since last year, according to Macra.
Other
The Department of Agriculture has opened the 2016 Young Farmers Scheme to applications and gave details as to how the scheme will operate this year.
Opinion
Huge delays in the issuing of payments under the Young Farmers Scheme is leading to a lot of anger on the ground among the farmers involved.
Of the 9,500 applications under the Young farmers scheme, approx. 600 cases remain to be finalised, according to the Department of Agriculture.
To encourage generational renewal in agriculture, the latest CAP reform saw the introduction the Young Farmers Scheme.
To date 90% or some 8,500 applications to the National Reserve and Young Farmers Scheme have been fully processed, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture.
The Forgotten Farmer Group is set to hold a "monster meeting" later this week to address the issues facing 'old young farmers'.
The latest meeting of the Charter of Rights Monitoring Committee heard that over 2,500 farmers are still waiting on payments from the Department of Agriculture.
Thousands of Young Farmers Scheme payments remain outstanding, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture.
