There is pent-up demand across all farm enterprises for farm improvement work to lift efficiency, farm safety and pollution control. Farm building contractors and equipment suppliers report that many farmers have put building work on hold as they await the opening of the new TAMS II grant scheme.

In this situation, it’s difficult for everyone to plan ahead. Here, we present all of the details known so far about the coming scheme. What’s missing is the list of which investments will be grant-aided. Hopefully, we will have those details within weeks rather than months.