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Schemes
Our Agricultural Consultancy team work with our farming clients throughout the whole of County Mayo and beyond to deliver farming-focused consultancy and management services.
Knowledge Transfer (Discussion Groups)
The objective of this programme was to assist the development and transfer of knowledge on key aspects of farmers’ business including profitability, environmental sustainability, breeding and animal health measures and also Raise awareness of issues relating to Farm Health & Safety and Farm Progression. Participants in the Knowledge Transfer programme were required to attend a minimum of five Knowledge Transfer Group meetings per year, or at least four meetings and no more than one Department accredited national event.
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ACRES
ACRES is Ireland's new agri-environment climate scheme under Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan. This new €1.5 billion flagship agri-environment scheme is a farmer-friendly scheme to help address biodiversity decline while delivering an income support for up to 50,000 farm families in Ireland.
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BISS, CRISS and ECO
This is replacing what was known as the Basic Payment Scheme. The BISS payment is connected to the value and the number of entitlements owned or leased and also the area of land eligible to claim these entitlements, same as was with the Basic Payment Scheme.
Under this BISS scheme applicants will also receive a payment under a CRISS scheme and ECO Schemes. Applicants will get paid on the first 30 Hectares under the CRISS scheme at approximately €40-€43/Hectare. To get paid on the ECO schemes the applicant can pick two actions from a list of eight Agricultural Practices. This payment will be approximately €60-€65 per hectare.
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ANC
The Areas of Natural Constraints scheme provides payments to people farming land in designated areas face significant hardships from factors such as remoteness, difficult topography, climatic problems and poor soil conditions.
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Organics
The Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) provides financial support to farmers to encourage them to produce organic food.
Organic food is food produced using organic farming practices, such as:
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Not using synthetic fertilisers and pesticides
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Not using genetically modified organisms
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Following the highest standards of animal welfare
The scheme also aims to reduce the environmental impact of farming and improve animal welfare.
The scheme started in 2024 and runs for 5 years. It is available to farmers who farm organic livestock or crops.
The amount you get is based on the amount of land you farm organically and what you produce.
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Liming Scheme
The Liming Programme was introduced by the Minister in spring 2023 to incentivise the use of lime as a natural soil conditioner which corrects soil acidity, make nutrients more available for plant uptake and improves overall soil health.
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Fertiliser Register
Legislation was put in place to commence the provisions in the Act that relate to the establishment of a National Fertiliser Database (NFD), including registration of Fertiliser Economic Operators and Professional Fertiliser End Users and dates for data submission.
The database is being developed to:
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record fertiliser sales along the supply chain
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achieve better compliance with water quality and environmental ambitions
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help Ireland meet commitments to the European Commission arising from our 5th Nitrates Action Programme; and
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to simplify, in time, farmer’s reporting of fertiliser use under regulatory schemes and voluntary initiatives.
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TAMS
Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) provide grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holding.
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