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April 14, 2021 5:02 pm The direction of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has the “potential to destroy farm viability in Ireland”, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed. Addressing the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture today (Wednesday, April 14), IFA president Tim Cullinan warned the focus of the CAP reform “has the potential to destroy farm viability” in this country, adding:  “At present, Teagasc has identified that only a third of farmers in Ireland are viable. “This reform could destroy many of these farmers by taking payments from them...

SHARING OPTIONS: Minister Poots is keen to introduce coupled payments for the suckler and sheep sectors. \ Philip Doyle There will be no radical change to farm support schemes in NI within a short timeframe, DAERA Minister Edwin Poots has said. “Proper consultation is vital and as such, new schemes take time to develop and implement,” the minister told Stormont’s agriculture committee last Thursday. During the briefing with MLAs, Minister Poots reiterated that an area-based payment will be part of future farm support, but at lower levels than the cu...

Don’t leave BPS application until the last minute - advice for farmers! Reporter: ');  '); The Basic Payment deadline is May 17. Philip O’Connor, Head of Farm Support at ifac, advises farmers not to leave the application until the last minute. The 17th of May is one of the most important dates in the farming year - the deadline for declaring the land you are farming in the year 2021 and therefore receive your Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) monies in October/December. BPS is crucial to the financial viability of a lot of farms in Ireland. It can be an incredibly stressful time for farmers if...

Q My wife and I have been farming since we got married almost 10 years ago. We have three young children and at present we are scraping by on the small income the farm is making. We are facing the reality that it is not practical for my wife to return to work off-farm as the childcare costs would wipe out any income she would make. I keep hearing about the economy improving but we are finding the reality is very different, waiting for the Basic Payment Scheme cheque to meet our debts and bills. What can we do? A As the economy recovers, it is important to remember that the rising tide has no...

© Tim Scrivener Efforts to move agricultural support in a more sustainable direction appear to be faltering, say conservation groups, with farmers set to be paid for what are already regulatory requirements. Commenting on Defra’s new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pilot scheme – details of which were released yesterday – Ellie Brodie, Wildlife Trusts head of land management, said the government appeared to be losing its environmental ambition. “We will be looking extremely closely at the standards, but at worst it appears that some could pay for what is...