Dates for 2011 bioenergy scheme brought forward to facilitate planting

THE 2011 bioenergy scheme will be formally announced in the coming weeks, JHM Crops, based in Adare, Co Limerick, has claimed following discussions with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

In previous years the scheme was announced in the month of January with planting approvals not finalised until April.

The scheme, which covers establishment grants for the planting of miscanthus and willow, will be processed much earlier for the coming year’s planting season.