The Department of Agriculture has released a publication providing vital information regarding key BPS and cross-compliance dates for 2018.
Some of the main dates for 2018 include:
1 January 2018
- Official start of the BPS 2018 scheme year.
15 May 2018
- BPS 2018 application deadline.
- DAFM to receive evidence to prove active farmer.
- Deadline for BPS 2018 entitlement-related applications including the 2018 online application.
- Transfer of entitlements application and the online 2018 young farmers' scheme.
- Deadline for amending a BPS application without receiving a penalty.
- Land you use to claim BPS in 2018 has to be ‘at your disposal’.
- Advance Payment commences.
- Balancing payment commences.
- Official end of the BPS 2018 scheme year.
So far, 122,828 farmers have been paid under the Basic Payment Scheme for 2017, which represents over 99% of eligible applicants.
However, there is still a significant number of GLAS payments overdue as the latest figures show that around 6,300 farmers have to be paid for 2017.
Organic farmers have also voiced their concerns recently over the lack of payments issued under the organic farming scheme (OFS), as a significant portion of farmers have yet to be paid for 2017.
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