Over 128,000 applications to BISS and other area-based schemes

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said that it is "really positive that so many farmers have applied".

128,712 farmers have applied online for the new Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and other area-based schemes before the May 29 deadline.

Describing it as a "significant milestone" in the first year of the new CAP, this application made by farmers is "the cornerstone of all the area-based schemes" run by the Department of Agriculture, Minister Charlie McConalogue said.