Farm Finance: Could share-farming be the secret to first-time cereal growing?

The Tillage Incentive Scheme was announced in the past week, with a payment of €400 per hectare, or approximately €160 per acre for eligible land, but for many potential growers lack of expertise, and the inability to store grain are major deterrents.

The Tillage Incentive Scheme was announced in the past week.

The Tillage Incentive Scheme was announced in the past week, with a payment of €400 per hectare, or approximately €160 per acre for eligible land. 

Whilst the scheme rules are not yet published, the bones of the scheme are such that the payment will only be made if the land was not declared in tillage for 2021 and that the applicant has increased their total area under tillage from 2021 to 2022.