Honner welcomes farming category

Macra na Feirme national president Thomas Honner has welcomed the inclusion of a category for new entrants to farming in the National Reserve under the Single Farm Payment regime.

Mr Honner said that Macra had worked vigorously to ensure that such a category was included and that young farmers would be a priority within the category.

However, Mr Honner said that he is very unhappy with the income limits imposed on applicants in the ‘new entrant’ category of the National Reserve.