Agri-Business
Over 25,000 farmers are still waiting on their Areas of Natural Constraint payments, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture.
Payments under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme, worth some €117 million, are issuing on target, according Department of Agriculture.
The new Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme which replaces the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme under the new Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 has been opened by the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney.