Record number for protection scheme

Ireland: The number participating in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) has reached an all-time record.
Record number for protection scheme

Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan announced yesterday that there are more than 46,000 farmers in the scheme.

“This exceeds the previous high point, reached at the end of REPS 1 in 1999,” she said.

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