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While this autumn has been a huge improvement in being able to get crops established, it had been an expensive summer.
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.
Advance payments are commencing from Wednesday 16 October at a rate of 70%.
There are mounting fears the Department is reverting to a stricter interpretation of the rules around direct payments, the INHFA stated.
Prudent spending applies to farmers just as much as it applies to Minister for Finance Jack Chambers.
A chance log in to his agfood was a bit of a wake up call last weekend.
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The Department of Agriculture has said mapping discrepancies, issues with scorecards, scheme contract changes and outstanding BISS queries are to blame for the delays to the balancing payments.
Specialisation is needed for survival in modern farming, so synergies must be between farms, not within them.
For the last few years, the straw incorporation scheme worked well from a farmer's point of view.
