Drainage

Minister Heydon said the inspection rate for this standard will be really low and that he doesn’t see farmers falling foul of the regulations.

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The amended GAEC 2 regulations under the CAP strategic plan are a major concern for ICSA.

The Department has said that impacted farmers will be informed that they have GAEC 2 lands “in due course” with no time frame set for notification to issue.

It remains to be clarified if land reclamation works will be permitted on parcels receiving CAP payments.

There are updated terms and conditions for 2025 BISS applications, but the affected farmers have yet to be informed if their lands are subject to the new drainage rules.

And as if we were looking for something more to do, storm Éowyn uprooted eight very large leylandii evergreen trees in the garden.

The tighter restrictions will apply from this year on over 540,000ha of farmed peatlands and wetlands in the midlands and west.

Whether grazing so late in the year was the right decision, I am not sure.