FARMING POLL 2015: Most farmers welcome new BPS

Just over 60% of the farmers surveyed in the Irish Examiner ICMSA farming survey are satisfied with the new Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) — despite its complexities.

Given that the scheme only came into effect this year, the satisfaction level is surprisingly high.

Normally a few years is required for farmers to adapt to such a major new scheme, but 10% are “very satisfied” and 52% are “satisfied”.