The Farmers Journal is dedicated to providing all the latest information and news on farming schemes and grants.
Movements of organic manures in 2024 must be verified by the importer by 14 January 2025 or else the movement will not be accepted.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY
The multi-annual financial framework (MFF) for the period 2028-2032 will be decided in 2025, with funding for CAP coming under pressure from a number of competing commitments.
The deadlines for submitting dairy cow bands and the declaration of slurry movements is also 31 December 2024.
The payment brings total funds paid to 39,836 tranche one and tranche two participants to €172m, with approximately 14,700 farmers yet to receive payment.
The Department ACRES unit contacted advisers to stress that ACRES participants who have received approval must adhere to revised specifications when completing investments.
There is a wide array of projects involved, from bovine tuberculosis to investigating the feasibility of oilseed crop processing and organic feed milling in Ireland.
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.
Some 34,085 environmental actions were approved by the Department of Agriculture for 4,148 co-operation farmers.
Payments commenced under the scheme on Thursday 5 December and will continue to approximately 1,800 farmers as cases are cleared for payment.
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.
