Area Aid: if you’re not in by Monday, you can’t win

THE closing date for applications by farmers under the 2003 EU Area Aid Scheme has been extended by one week to Monday, April 7.

Applicants must ensure their completed form is received in the Area Aid Unit, Department of Agriculture and Food, Hume House, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 or any local Department office, no later than 5.30 pm on Monday.

For applications involving permanent pasture only (grass), a 0.5 % reduction is applied to any related aid payable for each working day that the application is late, up to July 1.