TAMS II tillage scheme still being finalised

Responding to Fianna Fáil agricultural spokesperson Charlie McConalogue last December, the Minister for Agriculture said that the targeted modernisation scheme (TAMS) II for the tillage sector would be announced in January 2017. This week, a spokesperson from the Department said: “The development work on the tillage scheme is being finalised and this scheme will be launched independently in the near future.”

Farmers were hoping the scheme, covering investment items such as grain storage, grain dryers and precision agriculture equipment, would open when the sixth tranche of TAMS II opens on 14 January this year.