380 new applicants to Organic Farming Scheme this year 

Pippa Hackett said it is 'extremely encouraging' that farmers and their advisers are responding to this scheme. Stock picture

There was a total of 380 applicants to the Organic Farming Scheme this year.

This is an almost 20% increase in application numbers to the scheme compared to 2021, Minister of state at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Pippa Hackett said.