GLAS catch crops deadline extended again

The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that farmers in GLAS now have extra time to establish a crop.

Caitríona Morrissey

3 October 2017

GLAS catch crops deadline extended again

Peas, vetches and radish growing as a catch crop.

The deadline for planting catch crops under GLAS has been extended again, this time to 28 October 2017.

The new deadline was confirmed by the Department of Agriculture on Tuesday. It is the second time the planting deadline has been pushed out.

The original deadline was 15 September 2017 and this is the second year that the planting deadline has had to be pushed out due to weather difficulties.

Tillage farmers have struggled to complete the harvest this year, with a knock-on effect on the planting of catch crops.

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