ACRES Review Meeting Highlights Multiple Issues
Following an ACREs review meeting which was held earlier this week, John Curran IFA Rural Development Chair said that it is now up to the Department to make the changes that are needed. “With ACRES we need to simplify the whole process; improve lines of communication/transparency for farmers, and ultimately deliver more money into the […]
ACRES Calamity Continues for Farmers – IFA
IFA National Rural Development Chair John Curran has called for ACRES payments to be finalised by the Department by using whatever resources necessary. “Advance ACRES payments for year 2 started to issue last week which was positive to see, at least for those that received it. We thought the stumbling blocks of 2023 were […]
Prompt ACRES & Fodder Transport Payments Needed – IFA
IFA Rural Development Chair John Curran has made an appeal to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to deliver all maximum payments on time to farmers over the coming weeks. Cashflow is becoming more and more of a problem on many farms, across all sectors. Minister McConalogue needs to ensure there are no […]
Action on ACRES Delays Needed Urgently – IFA
IFA Hill Farming Chair Caillin Conneely has called on the Minister for Agriculture to act quickly and remove the barriers which are withholding balancing ACRES payments to hill farmers and those in ACRES Co. Operation Zones. Mr. Conneely began his statement by expressing the seriousness of the issues caused by payment delays in the […]
ACRES Delays Compound Financial Hardship for Farmers
IFA Hill Farming chair Caillin Conneely has called on Charlie McConalogue, the Minister for Agriculture, to intervene as quickly as possible to provide support to hill and sheep farmers under financial pressure in the next Budget. This call was made following the release of the Teagasc National Farm Survey and commenting on this the […]
ACRES Scheme Short-changing Farmers – IFA
Caillin Conneely IFA Hill Farming Chair has criticised the ACRES scheme saying that it has spread false promises and that faith among the hill farming community and farmers in Co Operation/ SAC areas is wearing thin. Speaking about the shortcomings of the ACRES scheme Mr. Conneely said: “ACRES is becoming a farce at […]
Extension on Soil Sampling Right Move, But More ACRES Flexibility Needed – IFA
IFA Rural Development chair John Curran has said the extension provided by the Department for uploading soil sample results/exemption forms to ACRES Tranche 1 participants to Dec 31st was a positive and practical move. “With all the rain in recent months, it was near impossible to get out and take suitable soil samples for analysis, […]
Deadline Extension for Hedgerows the Right Call – IFA
IFA Rural Development chair John Curran said the Dept decision to extend the deadline to plant hedgerows under ACRES until March 2025 is the right call. He said farmers have faced a number of obstacles to carrying out the work, including the lack of native supplies and very poor weather conditions. “It’s good to see […]
New €1.5 billion flagship agri-environment scheme called #ACRES (Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme) launched today
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today announced that the new national agri-environment scheme, proposed as part of Ireland’s draft CAP Strategic Plan (CSP), will be known as the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (‘ACRES’). The announcement of the scheme name formed part of the update provided by the Minister on the proposed […]
