As BPS applications close, consider the Succession Farm Partnership scheme for 2023

Silage-making in Ballycastle, Co Antrim. Picture: Steve Allen / iStock

Now that the Basic Payment Scheme deadline has passed, it is once again possible for farmers to consider registering a Registered Farm Partnership or a Succession Farm Partnership.

The Department of Agriculture temporarily suspends such applications each year from early February until the Basic Payment Scheme application deadline which for this year fell on May 16, in order to ensure that applications made prior to that deadline are processed on time.