Agri-Business
Balancing payments under the 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening have commenced. The...
Farmers are being urged to ensure that their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications have been sent by next week's closing date.
The commission is set to allow EU member states to temporarily derogate from certain obligations under greening in CAP Pillar I.
The Minister for Agriculture has today confirmed that the balancing payments under the 2021 BPS and Greening have started on schedule.
Minister Charlie McConalogue has today announced the commencement of advance payments under the 2021 BPS, including Greening.
The department has confirmed that the application process for the 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and the Greening Scheme has now opened.
Minister Michael Creed has confirmed that balancing payments under the 2019 BPS and the Greening Scheme have now commenced.
The European Commission has announced proposals for further support to EU farmers struggling from the consequences of the severe drought.
Environment
The EU Commission is to allow derogations for a number of EU member states in light of prolonged drought conditions across Europe
A total of 130,152 BPS Applications have been received by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Tillage
A derogation from the three-crop rule can be implemented this season. This will be welcomed as tillage farmers struggle to get crops sown.
Agri Politics
The Greening top-up under the BPS is likely to be abolished under reform of the Common Agricultural Policy post-2020, it has been claimed.
Opinion
Taxpayers across Europe want to see a farming industry that is more upfront in the way it tackles environmental issues.
The 'complexity' of the Department of Agriculture's explanatory document for the BPS and Greening scheme has been criticised by the ICMSA.
The Commission has proposed a ban on using pesticides on productive or potentially productive Ecologocal Focus Areas, following last year's Greening review.
The 'one size fits all' approach to the implementation of Greening measures does not reflect the reality of farming, Macra President Sean Finan says.
All outstanding Basic Payment Scheme, Greening and ANC cases, are continuing to be prioritised by the Department of Agriculture.
The area under Winter Wheat looks to have fallen a massive 17% this year, according to Teagasc's provisional cereal harvest estimates 2015.
The Common Agricultural Policy's (CAP) new greening measure has come in for some scathing criticism from a leading agricultural policy academic.
N.Ireland
The UFU has met with DARD officials to discuss the difficulties associated with the implementation of Greening in Northern Ireland.
CAP Reform, Greening and Sustainable Use Directive are driving decisions on many tillage farms this spring, according to Teagasc.
The Department of Agriculture in Northern Ireland says that crop growers face many challenges under the new CAP Basic Payment Scheme.
The IFA has called on EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan to simplify the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for farmers.
