Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) received over 25,000 applications from farmers to lease entitlements this year.
There is now less than a month to the deadline for farmers to submit applications to transfer entitlements.
Almost 38,000 transfer of entitlements applications under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) have been submitted.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has announced that the online system for transferring payment entitlements is now open.
Agri Politics
There is "scope for further reduction" on the 20% clawback currently implemented on land entitlement sales, the ICMSA has said.
Other
Since 2002, farm partnerships have been used as a structure to amalgamate two or more farming businesses into one structure.
