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The Department of Agriculture confirmed that it will be Q2 or Q3 before the ACRES landscape actions are approved.
Maximum funding per project is €150,000 per annum for three years for 'innovative projects to promote and develop the organic sector'.
With the payment increasing from €50 to €75 per eligible calf, farmers currently weaning summer and autumn-born calves want to see details of actions to maximise their payments.
Of the 5,864 applications received under tranche 4, 4,446 of these have been approved to date.
Crop diversification requirements are in place for 2025, meaning farmers will have to grow a certain area of crops on their farms.
A total of 13,051 farmers are waiting on ACRES payments for 2024, while a further 2,764 have not been paid balancing payments for 2023.
All farmers need to be aware of a new social conditionality standard, while GAEC 2 – governing the protection of wetland and peatland, will see restrictions for a significant percentage of farmers
There were payments of €290,000 under the 2024 Areas of Natural Constraint, with small sums also paid out under the Protein Aid Scheme and the Tillage Incentive Scheme.
The window to amend your 2025 yearly reference numbers is open until 11.59pm on 12 February 2025.
