Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme open to pig farmers
Applications can now be made for funding via the one-off Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme (PEPS). Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue this week announced that pig farmers can apply for between €3,000 and €20,000. The notification sees some €7m worth of funding allocated to the Department of Agriculture by the national exchequer to cover the scheme. It is hoped that this will compensate farmers for the unprecedented drop in margins…