Schemes
Minister Martin Heydon has been accused of a "hatchet job" on solar investments under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS).
Agri-Business
Of the 3,149 approvals issued to date under the TAMS solar scheme, 55% of approvals have issued to dairy farmers.
Farmers are "in limbo" due to a "lack of transparency" surrounding the Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS), one farm organisation said.
An "enhanced" 60% grant rate rate in TAMS 3 will boost the number of farmers who invest in solar systems according to MREF.