Basic Payment Scheme

Basic Payment Scheme clinics
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Locations of Basic Payment Scheme clinics in April
This month, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will host in-person Basic Payment Scheme clinics (BPS) in 20 different locations. The sessions will allow farmers to meet one-to-one with a department official, and make their BPS application on the spot. The DAFM clinics have been well-attended in previous years, but due to restrictions, were held up over the last two years,   Charlie McConalogue, Minister for Agriculture, Food…
Farm partnerships
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Register for a farm partnership before the cut-off date
The 2022 deadline to join a registered farm partnership is looming. Farmers who want a registered farm partnership number, in order to apply for the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) in May, must submit an application before February 11, 2022. At a recent Teagasc Beef Edge podcast, Collaborative Farming Specialist Gordon Peppard explained that a registered farm partnership is a formal business structure that’s recognised by the Department of Agriculture, Food and…