June 9, 2021 10:42 am
Confusion relating to the approach taken on a Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) contract where the farmer participant dies without a will was addressed in one case brought before the Ombudsman in 2020.
This was one of 163 complaints received about the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) in 2020, according to the Office of the Ombudsman in its annual report for last year.
In this case, a man complained about the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s refusal to allow him to continue his late father’s Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) contract.
His father had died intestate and, because there was no will showing that he was entitled to take over the farm, the department refused to accept him as a ‘survivor’ under the force majeure provisions of the scheme.
Can Kilkenny farmers REAP the rewards? Deadline approaching
Pilot programme: farmers urged to lodge ‘expression of interest’
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The deadline for farmers to apply for REAP, or the Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project, which is a new Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Pilot programme, is fast approaching.
Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist has urged farmers who are interested in the new pilot environment scheme to make an Expression of Interest prior to the 10 May deadline.
She pointed out that this must be done through a DAFM approved REAP advisor and advised interested farmers to contact their local Teagasc office.
Can you REAP the rewards?
The deadline for farmers to apply for REAP, or the Results-Based Environment-Agri Pilot Project (REAP), which is a new Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Pilot programme, is fast approaching. Catherine Keena, Teagasc Countryside Management Specialist has urged farmers who are interested in the new pilot environment scheme to make an Expression of Interest prior to the 10 May deadline.
She pointed out that this must be done through a DAFM approved REAP advisor and advised interested farmers to contact their local Teagasc office.
The purpose of REAP is to test the ‘Results Based’ approach to Agri Environment Schemes and to prepare farmers, advisors and DAFM for the next Rural Development Programme. There is no guarantee of entry and the duration will be two years: 2021 and 2022. Farmers in GLAS, EIPs or Organics cannot participate in REAP. Fields which are eligible must have been on the farmers BPS in 2020 and must be in grass. Tilla