The online application system for the Tillage Incentive Scheme and Protein/Cereal Mix Crop Scheme is now open. Charlie McConalogue, Minister Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has announced that farmers wishing to apply for the scheme can do so themselves or through their advisor up to 20 July, 2022 by logging on to the Exceptional Aid System.
Letters are now being issued to eligible applicants based on the crops declared on their 2022 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application. The crops declared on the 2022 BPS application are the basis for entry into these schemes and for any future payments under the schemes. Applicants must apply for the Schemes: Here to be eligible for payment thereunder.
The schemes aim to incentivise farmers to grow more tillage and protein crops to reduce the dependency on imported feed material. The payment rates are €400 per hectare for the Tillage Incentive Scheme and €150 per hectare for the Protein/Cereal Mix Crop Scheme.
The terms and conditions of the Schemes are available on the department’s website.