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Organic feed demand surpasses 50,000t
Darren Carty
Only a fraction of Ireland’s organic feed requirement is produced domestically, with the Department of Agriculture hoping for an increase in tillage participants in the latest intake.
Organic feed demand surpasses 50,000t
Schemes and payments in-brief
20 November 2024 Schemes
Schemes and payments in-brief
Payments under the BISS, CRISS and ANC schemes have paused ahead of advance payments being sanctioned in the first week of December.
Gates and owl/kestrel boxes most common NPI applications
13 November 2024 Schemes
Gates and owl/kestrel boxes most common NPI applications
Farmers at this week’s Teagasc and CAFRE Uplands Symposium, were told that the target remains to get approval for 2023 applications rolled out in December.
SCEP training and ACRES rare breeds deadlines
Mandatory SCEP training and a declaration of rare breeds numbers under ACRES must be completed by 15 November 2024.
13 November 2024 Schemes
Schemes update: young farmers scheme payments announced for 2024
Approval letters have commenced issuing this week under the 2024 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers and National Reserve.
8 November 2024 Schemes
Last week to complete SCEP training
Mandatory SCEP training must be completed by 15 November to remain in the programme. This is the final week for over 5,000 farmers
6 November 2024 News
Four days to record slurry movements from 1 January 2025
The Department of Agriculture released a notification for derogation farmers explaining that the deadline for recording 2024 exports of organic nutrients is now 31 December 2024.
2 November 2024 Schemes
ACRES NPI deadline extended to 4 November 2024
The Department has circulated notice to advisers detailing that the deadline is being pushed out a few days due to technical issues which have since been rectified.
1 November 2024 Schemes
Scheme payment dates schedule for 2024
Payments are ongoing under the ANC, BISS, CRISS and eco scheme and many more will commence from the end of November onwards.
30 October 2024 Schemes
€500,000 in grants for thatched buildings
The funding is part of a combined €11.1m in funding which will be allocated to grant schemes.
29 October 2024 Schemes
SCEP training, weighing, data submission and genotyping deadlines
There is a number of important deadlines falling due in the SCEP scheme, starting on 1 November 2024.
23 October 2024 News
ACRES portal for recording 2024 LESS now open
The declaration must be completed by an ACRES adviser or the ACRES participant by 31 December 2024.
20 October 2024 Schemes