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The amount being recouped by the Department of Agriculture is €1,700 per farmer on average.
The Department is aiming to recover an average of €1,700 from the affected farmers.
"Our fireblight status needs to be protected." - Liam Feeney, Glencar Co Sligo
It is clear all farmers are holding back on purchasing, not alone tractors but other investments also, until they get some clarity and vision on where businesses can go.
The massive cash injection that BISS payments represent was never more needed, by farmers and by the people they trade with and owe money to.
The Minister for Agriculture confirmed in a response to a farmer’s query that the ACRES scheme would not be opening for a third tranche of applications.
NPIs are available to ACRES Co-operation farmers and applications must be submitted by your ACRES adviser by 4.30pm on Thursday 31 October.
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The report outlined that national-level monitoring of farmland biodiversity is needed, as well as the expansion of the ACRES scorecard approach.
