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ACRES mandatory training extended for almost 1,000 participants
Darren Carty
Attendance at mandatory training is a core requirement with those failing to attend a course by 28 February 2025 risking the possibility of having their contract terminated.
26 December 2024 Northern Ireland
New beef schemes for NI farmers in 2025
Money is to be paid out in the beef carbon reduction scheme in March 2025.
13 December 2024 Schemes
ACRES rare breed applicants to receive swifter payment
Participants will be paid on their ACRES actions excluding the rare breeds payment for 2023, with this payment then included with the 2024 balancing payments in quarter two of 2025.
€47.8m paid to 14,943 SCEP participants
Payments commenced under the scheme on Thursday 5 December and will continue to approximately 1,800 farmers as cases are cleared for payment.
11 December 2024 Schemes
€85m Eco Scheme payments concludes pillar I payments
Balancing payments have now been made across the BISS, CRISS and Eco Scheme with payments under the young farmers scheme and national reserve also commencing recently.
11 December 2024 Schemes
Devising new farm schemes isn’t easy
In the past, NI mainly relied on the bureaucrats in Brussels to come up with farm schemes
11 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Balance of Eco Scheme payments due next week
The advance of the Eco Scheme payment was paid a week after BISS and CRISS, with a similar format in place for the Eco Scheme.
6 December 2024 Schemes
€270m paid under BISS/CRISS and €241m in ANC
Payments worth €31m also began this week under the Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers scheme.
4 December 2024 Schemes
700 farmers apply for Organic Farming Scheme
The sector continues to grow in prominence with the latest intake bringing participation to over 5,700. Over 5.5% of utilisable agricultural lands are now destined to be farmed organically.
2 December 2024 News
News round-up from Northern Ireland
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
27 November 2024 Northern Ireland
€43m paid to 4,180 farmers in Organic Farming Scheme
There have also been payments in the Sheep Improvement and Tillage Incentive schemes, while ACRES money started to reach some farmers’ bank accounts.
27 November 2024 Schemes
Sheep census and SIS reference number
The number of ewes recorded on the 2024 annual sheep and goat census will have an influence on the Sheep Improvement Scheme and possibly the National Sheep Welfare Scheme
27 November 2024 Tagging