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NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy: "“We need farmers and crofters to crack on with applications this year ..." Scottish farmers and crofters have been urged to complete their important Single Application Form ahead of the imminent May 17 deadline NFU Scotland this week sounded the alarm as it became apparent that the number of eligible applicants who have already completed their forms is lower than at this time last year. Latest figures from Scottish Government suggest that, as of S...

Updated: May 11, 2021, 3:31 pm © Shutterstock / SibFilm NFU Scotland is urging farmers and crofters to prioritise completing their SAF in the next few days. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Around one in five Scottish farmers and crofters has not yet started filling in their application form for subsidy support – les...

The end of lambing and a busy time at work Menu Farming Diary by Katie Hunter, chartered surveyor at H&H Land & Estates and Dentdale farmer: AS I write this month, it is following the coldest May Bank Holiday on record - something I am sure many of you will have felt disappointed with, especially noting the current social distancing requirements. However, for many in the farming community, this weekend has come as a blessing as, with little or no grass for the livestock to eat...

The landslide flooded farmland with peat and water. \ John OHanlon Twenty Leitrim farmers whose lands were affected by a landslide in 2020 will have force majeure applied to their 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application, Minister McConalogue has said. In response to questions from Sligo Leitrim TD Marian Harkin in the Dáil this week, he said that Department of Agriculture officials are contacting the affected landowners or their advisers letting them know that force majeure will apply in r...

May 7, 2021 9:18 am The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) has condemned a recent document released by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) on modelling future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments. INHFA president Colm O’Donnell said: “This totally misrepresents the reality that over 72,000 farmers representing almost 60% of all farmers, stand to gain under 100% convergence or full flattening. “Of these, over half would also gain substantially un...

CFAs need new approach in light of BPS phase-out >More in © Tim Scrivener Contract farming agreements (CFAs) need to change to account for the impact of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) cuts and the move to Environmental Land Management (ELM), says Gary Markham of accountant LFB. Many contractors in these agreements have lost money on them in recent years because of high initial tenders and the challenges of the past few seasons. “People ne...

May 6, 2021 9:21 am The impact of an 85% convergence in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) could have a serious impression on the level of direct payments made to farmers with entitlements above the national average – in some cases potentially slashing payments by one third. This is according to new modelling on payment entitlements under Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform published this month by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. However, the department stresses ...

Why arable yield is not king without support payments >More in The sheep flock grazes OSR and companion crops © Ed Horton Yield is commonly king when it comes to driving profitability, but does it have to be that way? It definitely isn’t for Ed Horton, farming 1,000ha on the home farm in Poulton, Cirencester, in Gloucestershire, with a further 2,000ha spread across four counties and four other sites. With the future of support payment...

BPS entitlements trading higher than in 2020 No author 04 May 2021 >More in © Tim Scrivener Lack of supply has pushed up the price of non-SDA (severely disadvantaged area) Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlements compared with the same point last year. Exeter-based Townsend Chartered Surveyors said that up until 28 April, the average price for the non-SDA entitlements it has...

Lack of supply has pushed up the price of non-SDA (severely disadvantaged area) Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) entitlements compared with the same point last