Stacking is overdone, says Agriculture official

COUNTRYWIDE interest in “stacking” of EU single payment entitlements is causing serious concern in the Department of Agriculture.

The top level official in the single payment section of the Department, has claimed that “stacking” was never envisaged on the scale it has now reached.

Stacking of entitlements enables farmers to claim 100% of their entitlements, while retaining as little as 50% of the land on which the entitlements were earned during the 2000 to 2002 reference years.