Basic Income Support for Sustainability

Last chance to apply for tillage support scheme

The scheme, which offers a support payment of €110/ha for certain cereal crops up to a maximum area of 100ha, closes for applications on Monday 9 March 2026.

SCHEMES 9 March 2026

Last chance to apply for tillage support scheme

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AMS checking compliance with ACRES actions

AMS checking compliance with ACRES actions

SCHEMES 4 March 2026

How to apply for the Tillage Support Scheme

How to apply for the Tillage Support Scheme

NEWS 25 February 2026

Support package of €30m for tillage sector

Support package of €30m for tillage sector

Support package of €30m for tillage sector

NEWS 24 February 2026

Entitlement transfer warning

Entitlement transfer warning

Entitlement transfer warning

NEWS 18 February 2026

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BISS 2026 opens for applications

BISS 2026 opens for applications

Farmers will receive their maps and land details for 2026 in the post over the coming weeks.

NEWS 12 November 2025

CAP payments and entitlements in the firing line

CAP payments and entitlements in the firing line

A 20% plus cut in the CAP budget for the period 2028-2034 will as it stands lead to cuts to area-based payments while there is currently no system to continue with payment entitlements

LAND REPORT 12 November 2025

€8.5m paid under latest schemes run

€8.5m paid under latest schemes run

Payments of over €4m in the 2025 Straw Incorporation Measure accounted for almost 50% of funds, with payments also made under BISS/CRISS, the Eco scheme and ANC.

SCHEMES 12 November 2025

Schemes update: €9.69m paid in ACRES this week

Schemes update: €9.69m paid in ACRES this week

This week’s payment brings the number of farmers paid to 87% of all farmers, with a Farmers' Charter of Rights meeting this week told that there will be upwards of 95% of cases paid by mid-January.

SCHEMES 12 November 2025

€350m in BISS, ANC and young farmer funds begin issuing

€350m in BISS, ANC and young farmer funds begin issuing

Balancing funds for BISS, CRISS and ANC are on their way, with the payments for young farmers also on the way.

NEWS 12 November 2025

Clover and multispecies payments start but BISS and CRISS paused

Clover and multispecies payments start but BISS and CRISS paused

There have been no payments under BISS, CRISS and ANC since last week with payment runs for these schemes paused ahead of balancing payments in early December.

SCHEMES 12 November 2025

Move to scrap entitlements

Move to scrap entitlements

Senior Department of Agriculture official accepted that the current proposal on CAP would replace entitlements with a per-hectare payment.

NEWS 12 November 2025

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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