Farming Schemes, Grants and Payments
The Farmers Journal is dedicated to providing all the latest information and news on farming schemes and grants.
The Farmers Journal is dedicated to providing all the latest information and news on farming schemes and grants.
The scheme provides funding to processors who wish to invest in developing facilities for the processing, preparation, grading, packing and storage of organic products.
There are many crucial policy decisions ahead, including the future of the nitrates derogation, agreement on the EU-Mercusor deal and the forming of the next CAP budget.
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.