On week 18 of the Tillage Podcast, Stephen Robb is joined by Siobhan Walsh and Andy Doyle to discuss the proposed eco schemes under the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP 2023-2027).
Eco schemes will account for 25% of farmers’ direct payments (Pillar I) budget.
Farmers will have to comply with two out of the proposed 10 measures in order to receive their payment.
This will have implications for tillage farm management and farmers will likely have to spend or forfeit income to comply with the measures, depending on their chosen measure.
This week the Irish Farmers Journal Tillage Team devote a full podcast to explaining the schemes, outlining the pros and cons of each and how they can be improved.
Listen to the full podcast below:
Tillage Podcast: winter beans, fertiliser and November weather records
Tillage Podcast: crop areas, regen farming, renewable diesel and Boortmalt
Tillage Podcast: new tillage schemes, Climate Action Plan, wildflowers and AD
Tillage podcast #14: forward crops, tillage margins, COP26 and grain at €300/t
Tillage Podcast #13: Bord Bia, GPS, sustainable biogas and P&K holidays
Tillage podcast #12: seed rates, slugs, climate targets and record grain prices
Tillage podcast #11: malting barley prices, OSR, Solar PV and pumpkins
Tillage Podcast #10: Flahavan’s, aphids, Minister Hackett and AD
Tillage podcast #9: Dairygold prices, CAP, carbon credits and milling wheat
Tillage Podcast #8: grain prices, fertiliser and ploughing logistics