The Irish Grain Growers Group has called proposed a major support scheme to address and tackle falling area under cereals.
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The adoption of a €92m tillage expansion and sustainability scheme is at the heart of the pre-budget submission from the Irish Grain Growers Group (IGG). The proposed scheme involves the payment of €350/ha for farmers up to 100ha, and the payment of €200/ha thereafter.
The IGG proposal requires the adoption of the three or more measures from a menu of actions that includes:
The reduction of chemical fertiliser usage.
The provision of 10% of farmland as space for nature.
The adoption of companion cropping (eg oats and buckwheat).
Usage of break crops (protein aid crops, rye, oats, OSR).
Use of organic fertilisers (straw incorporation, farmyard manure, slurry, digestate, compost).
Adoption of precision technologies (eg autosteer, low-drift nozzles, section control on sprayers and fertiliser spreaders).
The use of non-inversion tillage on 20% or more of the farm.
The proposed scheme also includes a tillage expansion support of €100/ha for five years, where lands are converted from grassland to tillage. IGG insists the adoption of scheme makes sense from a climate, economic and social perspective.
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“The tillage expansion and sustainability scheme is not only a climate and biodiversity policy – it is also a strategic socio-economic investment in rural livelihoods, domestic food sovereignty, and long-term national resilience. It directly supports all three pillars of sustainability,” the IGG submission states.
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The adoption of a €92m tillage expansion and sustainability scheme is at the heart of the pre-budget submission from the Irish Grain Growers Group (IGG). The proposed scheme involves the payment of €350/ha for farmers up to 100ha, and the payment of €200/ha thereafter.
The IGG proposal requires the adoption of the three or more measures from a menu of actions that includes:
The reduction of chemical fertiliser usage.
The provision of 10% of farmland as space for nature.
The adoption of companion cropping (eg oats and buckwheat).
Usage of break crops (protein aid crops, rye, oats, OSR).
Use of organic fertilisers (straw incorporation, farmyard manure, slurry, digestate, compost).
Adoption of precision technologies (eg autosteer, low-drift nozzles, section control on sprayers and fertiliser spreaders).
The use of non-inversion tillage on 20% or more of the farm.
The proposed scheme also includes a tillage expansion support of €100/ha for five years, where lands are converted from grassland to tillage. IGG insists the adoption of scheme makes sense from a climate, economic and social perspective.
“The tillage expansion and sustainability scheme is not only a climate and biodiversity policy – it is also a strategic socio-economic investment in rural livelihoods, domestic food sovereignty, and long-term national resilience. It directly supports all three pillars of sustainability,” the IGG submission states.
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