Organisation: BPS

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Late applications cost 224 farmers their basic payment in 2019

However, Co Dublin farmers were hardest hit, with 65 of the county’s 609 farmers incurring penalties (10.7% of farmers).

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Farmer loses appeal against bank's appointment of receiver over EU BPS payments

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16%-23% rump doesn’t like any of the schemes for farmers

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Advice from Teagasc: Four days to apply for BPS

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Q&A: Basic Payment Scheme preliminary checks very successful in 2016

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How long will £2.2bn landowner subsidy last in post-Brexit UK?

Satellite inspections are delaying farm payments

Satellite surveillance has delayed EU payments for thousands of farmers.

Wed, 14 Dec, 2016

Q&A: Master lease for tax exempted DIY leasing

IFA Master Lease: IFA simplifies long-term land agreements.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2016

October advances paid in only four member states

Ground or remote sensing inspections didn’t hold up payment of the first instalment of the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme payment to 3,447 farmers.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2016

Farming Poll 2016: BPS satisfaction rises 69% but is only at 44% for Greening

Nearly 7 in 10 (69%) farmers are satisfied with the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).

Thu, 22 Sep, 2016

Farming Poll 2016: Poll’s low level of satisfaction with TAMS is no surprise

Only 38% of farmers surveyed in the Irish Examiner ICMSA farming poll are satisfied with TAMS, making it the least popular farming scheme among farmers.

Thu, 22 Sep, 2016

News Q&A: Guide to convergence in entitlements statements

News Q&A: Entitlements 2015-2019

Thu, 04 Aug, 2016

More than 100,000 online BPS applications

Even for the experts in Teagasc, the Basic Payment Scheme applications were not plain sailing.

Thu, 19 May, 2016

Count the sheep, but be wide awake when filling the BPS form

Next Monday, May 16, is the BPS application deadline. Avoid these pitfalls which landed applicants in trouble last year.

Thu, 12 May, 2016

News Q&A: Tick the boxes for a large part of your farm income

Be aware, that time is ticking away, time stands still for nobody.

Thu, 21 Apr, 2016

News Q&A: Online is the best way to apply for your Basic Payment Scheme

The closing date for receipt of 2016 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) BPS applications is May 16, 2016.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2016

2015 started well but went downhill fast for farming

Big IFA wages, beef export deals, BSE, BDGP, bills for superlevy... year of Bs

Thu, 07 Jan, 2016

36,219 farmers still waiting for Dept. of Agriculture payments

Figures released by the Department of Agriculture last week showed 14,096 out of 119,679 applicants had not been paid the first instalment of the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme.

Thu, 12 Nov, 2015

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.

Thu, 24 Sep, 2015

Kieran Coughlan: Base your farm plan on BPS statement

Basic Payment Scheme statements have been issued to the majority of farmers over recent weeks.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2015

Farmers need time to adapt in first years of CAP reform

Tim Ronaldson of Naas, Co Kildare, was an interesting speaker at the recent Teagasc tillage conference.

Thu, 26 Feb, 2015

Major changes loom for NI farm payment system

Q&A: DARDNI

Thu, 31 Jul, 2014

Entitlements dilemma for 6,417

Leased entitlements attached to 6,417 herd owners will be lost to both lessor and lessee unless they are transferred permanently by sale or gift before May 15, 2014.

Thu, 03 Apr, 2014

Computer games: ‘No violence link’

COMPUTER games make people more relaxed and do not trigger violent tendencies, according to a study.

Wed, 02 Apr, 2008