Payments of €800,000 issued last week in balancing payments to farmers in the Green Low-carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS).
To date, some 17,000 farmers have now received a balancing payment under the scheme.
#GLAS payments of €800K issued last week, 17,000 farmers have now received balancing payment. Ensure your NMP is submitted to rec. payment.
— Dept Agriculture IRL (@agriculture_ie) July 24, 2017
The Department of Agriculture is encouraging farmers to submit their nutrient management plans (NMPs) in order to receive their balancing payment.
The 2016 balancing payment to GLAS 1 and GLAS 2 participants can only be made when the NMP has been submitted.
To date, almost 20,000 plans have been submitted to the Department.
The balancing payment represents the final 15% of the 2016 payment and completes the total payment for GLAS actions undertaken last year under GLAS 1 and 2.
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