Schemes
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon confirmed ranking and selection will be applied to applications submitted under tranche 11 of TAMS 3.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) paid out €1.5 million to farmers under TAMS 3 last week.
3,350 application made under tranche 10 of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) have now been approved.
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Minister Heydon has announced that decision letters are issuing on applications earlier this year for Landscape Actions under ACRES.
Counties Cork, Galway, and Mayo saw the most applications made under BISS and other area-based schemes for 2026.
Minister Martin Heydon has confirmed that 122,151 farmers applied online for BISS and other area-based schemes before the deadline.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) paid out €1.68 million to farmers under the TAMS 3 schemes this week.
Applications are currently being accepted for the €6 million On-Farm Badger Biosecurity Scheme which officially opened this week.
Fuel support scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued an update on the Fuel Income Support Scheme.
N.Ireland
NI Water invited farmers within the Seagahan catchment in Armagh to join a fully funded scheme for protecting and improving water quality.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued a further update on applications for this year's BISS.
Sheep
Farmers are being reminded that the deadline for the National Sheep Welfare Scheme is fast approaching.
As scoring of lands under the ACRES is due to begin next month, advisors have been issued with an update on scorecard training.
The EU Commission has issued a document providing guidance on how member states should design agri-environmental schemes in the next CAP.
"There are more disappointed farmers" when it comes to TAMS "because more have applied", Minister Heydon has acknowledged.
BISS
As the application deadline approaches, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has given an update on BISS applications.
ACRES
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is to use the Area Monitoring System (AMS) to check eligibility for an ACRES bonus payment this year.
TAMS
2,215 applications made under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) have been refused following ranking and selection.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued an update on the various scheme payments made to farmers this week.
