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Rachel Donovan
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12 February 2025 News
New rules for 35,000 farmers on peaty soils
It remains to be clarified if land reclamation works will be permitted on parcels receiving CAP payments.
12 February 2025 News
€32m payments under Tillage and Horticulture Support Scheme issued
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon made the announcement on Wednesday that will see payments of €100/ha made on eligible tillage and horticulture crops that were declared on BISS applications.
2025 BISS open with new conditions in works for peaty soils
There are updated terms and conditions for 2025 BISS applications, but the affected farmers have yet to be informed if their lands are subject to the new drainage rules.
11 February 2025 News
BISS fines loom on CAP peatland rules
It is thought that as many as 32,000 farmers are to be impacted by the new GAEC 2 rules.
5 February 2025 News
Home Farm: inducements and penalties
The Biss payment has been reduced very significantly already under the Cap reform so the last thing we need is a unnecessary further deduction.
18 December 2024 Viewpoints
700 new farmers accepted into the Organic Farming Scheme
All eligible applicants have been accepted in to the Organic Farming Scheme.
9 December 2024 News
Balancing payments for BISS, CRISS and CISYF announced
Outgoing Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue confirmed the commencement, which will bring the total paid under the 2024 scheme to €807m.
2 December 2024 News
Home Farm: Sowing the last of the autumn crops
While this autumn has been a huge improvement in being able to get crops established, it had been an expensive summer.
23 October 2024 Viewpoints
Cashflow fears may be confirmed this week
The massive cash injection that BISS payments represent was never more needed, by farmers and by the people they trade with and owe money to.
16 October 2024 Dealer
Advance BISS payments being issued from Wednesday
Advance payments are commencing from Wednesday 16 October at a rate of 70%.
16 October 2024 News
Concern over Department policy on CAP payments
There are mounting fears the Department is reverting to a stricter interpretation of the rules around direct payments, the INHFA stated.
9 October 2024 Schemes