Funding must be secured to open GLAS scheme

IFA has asked Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to organise meetings around the country to outline his plans for commonages.

The call comes from IFA Hill Committee Chairman Pat Dunne, as the Department of Agriculture prepares to set minimum and maximum stocking densities for commonages, and proposes the €120 per hectare GLAS agri-environment scheme, which will be open to commonage farmers only if 50% of active participants comply with the scheme, or those farming 50% of the commonage area.

What are the main questions commonage farmers want answered by the Agriculture Minister?