Farming Poll 2016: Just 1 in 4 farmers satisfied with Tams

Only 25% of tillage farmers in the Irish Examiner ICMSA farmer opinion poll said they were “satisfied” or “ very satisfied” with the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme (Tams).

When originally launched in the summer of 2015, the scheme offered no grants for mainstream tillage equipment.

Co Cork growers led a backlash, which resulted in the Department of Agriculture belatedly applying to the EU this year for wider availability of the grant aid for tillage farmers, for whom the grant aid would help make up for recent years of very low grain prices .