Payments to farmers in GLAS, BDGP and the Sheep Welfare Scheme are due to end at the end of this year with no indication that there will be an extension.
Farmer payments worth €215m under various schemes are at risk as schemes enter their final months.
GLAS I and II, BDGP II, and the Sheep Welfare Scheme are due to end this year.
It had been anticipated that a new CAP would be in place in 2021 to replace them but that has been delayed. Instead, there will be a transitional period of at least one year.
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No indication has been given if these schemes will be rolled over.
Contracts to 36,000 GLAS farmers provide €151m, BDGP is worth €45.5m to 23,300 farmers and the Sheep Welfare Scheme provides €16m to 18,500 farmers.
The legal provisions for a transitional phase are yet to be finalised at EU level.
Without them, any decisions on scheme extensions are unlikely.
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Title: €215m in farm scheme payments at risk
Payments to farmers in GLAS, BDGP and the Sheep Welfare Scheme are due to end at the end of this year with no indication that there will be an extension.
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Farmer payments worth €215m under various schemes are at risk as schemes enter their final months.
GLAS I and II, BDGP II, and the Sheep Welfare Scheme are due to end this year.
It had been anticipated that a new CAP would be in place in 2021 to replace them but that has been delayed. Instead, there will be a transitional period of at least one year.
No indication has been given if these schemes will be rolled over.
Contracts to 36,000 GLAS farmers provide €151m, BDGP is worth €45.5m to 23,300 farmers and the Sheep Welfare Scheme provides €16m to 18,500 farmers.
The legal provisions for a transitional phase are yet to be finalised at EU level.
Without them, any decisions on scheme extensions are unlikely.
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