Farmers will start to receive the 70% advance of their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) from 16 October.

Last year, the 70% BPS advance saw 110,000 farmers receive €714m.

The remaining 30% of the BPS, formerly the Single Farm Payment, will be issued to farmers in December, as will those receiving the Young Farmer Scheme top-up and the national reserve.

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Key payment dates in 2017

ANC kick-starts a range of payments for farmers this autumn