‘GLAS must be reopened to farmers whose AEOS contracts are finished’
The Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) must be reopened for farmers who had their Agri-Environment Option Scheme (AEOS) contracts end in 2018, according to Fianna Fáil spokesperson for...
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GLAS ‘must be reopened’ to 2,000 AEOS farmers
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed must allow over 2,000 farmers in the Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) to gain entry to the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme...
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Farmers head to Westmeath for CAP rally
More than 200 farmers are set for Westmeath this afternoon for an IFA-organised rally to call on 50:50 co-funding, with national top ups, to provide a combined EU/national annual budget of €660m under...
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2000 attend IFA rural development rally
More than 2,000 farmers across Ireland attended last night’s rural development IFA-organised rally to call on the Government to re-affirm its commitment to rural Ireland by delivering a well-funded...
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Early Christmas present, €50m AEOS, REPS payments out
Payments for 2013 under AEOS1, AEOS 2 and REPS 4 have commenced this week. According to an update from Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney this morning some €50m will issue to AEOS and REPS...
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ICSA: Pillar II must be co-funded to maximum extent
President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) Gabriel Gilmartin, has underlined the absolute necessity of ensuring that the Rural Development Programme (RDP) is co-funded to the...
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Top stories this week
AgriLand’s top stories this week All things Japan: Ireland set to blossom in Japan All things innovation: Farm waste pilot a huge success All things milk quality: Key milk quality tools hit the big...
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ICSA warns minister on co-funding of RDP
Gabriel Gilmartin president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has warned the Minister for Agriculture on the need to secure 50:50 co-funding for the Rural Development Programme...
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Heritage Council calls for new approach to agri-environment schemes
The Heritage Council is proposing an agri-environment programme that will provide the most support to farmers who contribute the most in terms of managing habitats for wildlife and rare flora....
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Farm entrepreneurship key message of National Rural Network as it comes to a...
Strategies to overcome the cultural and confidence barriers among farmers to the development of new enterprises are proposed in an National Rural Network report published recently. The report on...
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Cabinet must show commitment to Irish agriculture, ICSA Ireland
Ahead of a meeting of the Cabinet tomorrow, at which vital decisions on Common Agricultural Policy Reform are likely to be agreed, ICSA Ireland outgoing president Gabriel Gilmartin has called on the...
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€12.5bn investment for agriculture as new rural schemes under way
The allocation of more than €12.5bn in Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Exchequer funding to the agriculture sector in the period to 2020 has been announced, along with new rural development...
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2,500 still awaiting REPS payments
More than 2,500 farmers are still awaiting full payment under the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme (REPS) scheme. The department has also outlined that 99 per cent of single farm payments have now...
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Flexibility on penalties for farmers suffering with storm damage
Leeway will be given to farmers who are suffering the effects of storm damage over the festive period and are unable to comply with farm regulations, it has been confirmed. Many farmers, especially...
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‘Collective commonage land to receive more payments in new RDP’
Future agri-environmental schemes offer the opportunity for claimants with commonage land to receive slightly higher payments than a non-commonage farmer where the land is collectively managed. This is...
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Managing hedgerows to benefit wildlife as deadline looms
More than 450,000ha or 6.4 per cent of the country is covered by hedgerows, individual trees and small woodland patches and scrub, contributing hugely to wildlife in the countryside. Under cross...
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Sheep sector overlooked in CAP Reform – ICSA
Among the concerns ICSA Ireland, the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association has raised in its submission on the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 was its provisions for the sheep sector. In an...
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Low uptake of rainwater harvesting scheme
Just 94 farmers applied to the Department of Agriculture‘s Rainwater Harvesting Scheme by the closing date of 31 December 2013. The scheme was introduced three years ago in order to provide grant-aid...
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Commonage review will not be an easy task, minister
A review of Ireland’s commonage framework is under way, where key communications between farmers directly managing the lands, relevant state agencies, the farming organisations and all other interested...
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AEOS 3 payments to commence shortly
It is understood that payments in respect of the AEOS 3 scheme will commence shortly. Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Simon Coveney made the statement in response to a parliamentary question...
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Department announces start of AEOS payments
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, has today announced that payments for farmers in AEOS 3 are to issue directly to farmers’ bank accounts as and from next week. Some...
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ICMSA welcomes changes to Knowledge Transfer Scheme
The ICMSA has welcomed the decision by the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to not discriminate against dairy farmers who do not wish – or who are not in a position – to expand for...
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€4 billion rural development fund outlined
The Minster for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney has outlined the Rural Development Programme (RDP) for 2014-2020, with funding of €4 billion available. The programme will now be...
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Second tranche of AEOS 3 payments to begin shortly
The Minister for Agriculture Food and Marine Simon Coveney has said that he anticipates that the balancing 25% of AEOS 3 payments will commence shortly, for all of those applicants whose files are in...
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Civil war breaks out within IFA
National IFA Rural Development Committee Vice Chairman Colm O’Donnell has told Agriland that hill farmers throughout Ireland feel the hierarchy of the organisation has sold them out given the IFA’s...
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AEOS payments 16 months late, says Naughten
Some 16 months into AEOS 3 farmers still waiting for their first full payment, according to Roscommon/South Leitrim TD Denis Naughten. He says the fact that farmers are still waiting to receive a 25%...
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‘Next year to be the lowest for farm payments’
Next year, 2015, will see farmers receive the lowest payment in years as REPS and AEOS end, while payments under the new GLAS scheme will not have begun, according to Fianna Fail spokesperson on...
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Here’s where the government will spend over €1.2 billion on agriculture next...
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney today announced details of his Department’s 2015 budget which will include spending of over €1.2 billion. Here’s where: €439m for the...
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‘Satellite checks holding up farm payments’
Payments under the Single Farm Payment advance and the Areas of Natural Constraint are being held up because of pending satellite and on-farm inspections, according to the IFA. It says that it is...
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Remove hedgerows, stone walls and ditches at your peril
Failure to comply with hedgerow rules, including replacing them when they are removed, will result in cross compliance penalties, according to Teagasc. Prior to removing a hedgerows, stone walls and...
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Department of Agriculture to issue AEOS payments ‘shortly’– Minister Coveney
Department of Agriculture checks are now nearing completion and AEOS payments in respect of the 2014 scheme year will commence shortly according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. The...
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€93m in REPS and AEOS payments before Christmas
AEOS and REPS payments are to commence immediately, according to the Minister for Agriculture, and in excess of €93 million will be paid out before the end of the year. The Minister for Agriculture,...
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Gardai to investigate serious AEOS ‘irregularities’ in the West
A Gardai investigation is under way into alleged serious irregularities with some of the claims submitted under the Agri Environmental Options Scheme (AEOS), the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney...
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Over 900 farmers in AEOS 3 still waiting on payment
Over 900 farmers are still waiting on payment under the Agricultural Environment and Options Scheme (AEOS) 3, the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has confirmed. Responding to a parliamentary...
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1,200 farmers still waiting for AEOS payment
Some 1,206 farmers are still waiting on payment under the AEOS scheme, according to latest figures released by the Department of Agriculture. A total of €27.57m has been paid out to date under AEOS in...
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Final AEOS payments to issue next month
Farmers will be paid their final AEOS payments next month, the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has confirmed. He said under the EU Regulations governing the Scheme and other area-based payment...
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Over €45m in AEOS payments to commence this week
Agricultural Environment and Options Scheme (AEOS) payments are to commence this week, the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, has announced. In excess of €45m will be paid out before Christmas,...
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Over €17m paid to farmers under the AEOS scheme
The Department of Agriculture has paid in excess of €17m to farmers participating in the second and third tranche of the AEOS scheme to date in 2016, it has confirmed. Payments to participants under...
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Budget allocations to key farming schemes to increase by 21% in 2017
The funding allocation directed towards a number of farming schemes will increase by 21% in 2017, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed has said. Minister Creed recently...
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GLAS payments to 750 farmers expected to issue this week
Payments under the Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) are expected to issue to a further 750 farmers before the end of this week, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has said....
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How many farmers in your county are awaiting GLAS and AEOS payments?
Some 5,131 farmers are awaiting payments from the first tranche of the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS 1), figures released by the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, show. A...
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GLAS update: Over 7,000 farmers still awaiting payment
A total of 7,357 Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) 1 and 2 applicants are awaiting payment under the scheme, the latest figures from the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, have...
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GLAS and AEOS payments; see how many farmers are unpaid in your county
A county-by-county breakdown of the payments completed under GLAS and AEOS has been released by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed. Minister Creed released the information...
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Over 1,300 farmers still awaiting AEOS payments
Over 1,300 farmers are still awaiting payments under the Agricultural Environment Options Scheme (AEOS), the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has confirmed. Responding to a...
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Garda investigation underway into AEOS ‘irregularities’
One agricultural consultant is understood to be the subject of a criminal investigation into suspected irregularities involving AEOS (Agri-Environment Options Scheme) payments, the Department of...
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Over 1,200 farmers awaiting AEOS payments
Some 1,204 farmers have yet to receive a payment under Agri-Environment Options Scheme (AEOS) for the 2016 scheme year, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, said last week. Speaking in Dail...
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1,166 farmers still awaiting AEOS payments
Fianna Fail TD Eugene Murphy has described the Knowledge Transfer online system for farmers as “abysmal and chaotic“. “These online portals for submitting farm improvement plans – which for livestock...
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Initial processing of GLAS I and GLAS II cases completed
The initial processing of every GLAS I and GLAS II case for 2016 payment was completed last week, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed. Out of these 36,700...
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Almost €100 million issues to farmers in GLAS and AEOS
The 2017 advance payments for the two main agri-environment schemes are commencing this week, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, announced today. The two schemes – the...
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Pilot scheme to be introduced for non-GLAS farmers next year
A new agri-environment pilot scheme will be in place for farmers next year, and will be targeted at those not currently in the Green, Low-carbon, Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS), Minister for...
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