Kieran Coughlan: Base your farm plan on BPS statement

Basic Payment Scheme statements have been issued to the majority of farmers over recent weeks.

These all-important documents offer projections of how each individual’s single farm payments are morphing into the Basic Payment Scheme payments, over the coming years.

A dose of dejection may be experienced by farmers whose statements show they will suffer cuts in their high value entitlements, which are converging towards the national average.