Launched in 2017, the TAMS II Tillage Capital Investment Scheme (TCIS) offers grant aid towards the cost of a number of investment items with the intention to help modernise tillage farms.
The fourth tranche of the scheme opened on 8 September and offers 40% grant aid to the €80,000 investment ceiling, excluding VAT for general applications, or 60% grant aid to €80,000 for eligible young farmers. For farmers in a registered farm partnership, the investment ceiling doubles to €160,000.
There has so far been three tranches of the scheme, ranging from tranche eight to tranche 11.
Applications
According to Department of Agriculture figures, 295 applications were received in the first tranche (tranche nine) at 295, making it the most popular tranche so far. Some 279 approvals were issued. This was followed by the third tranche at 183 applications, followed by the second tranche at 173.
Tranche nine – 295 applications received and 279 approvals issued.Tranche 10 – 173 applications received and 161 approvals issued. Tranche 11 – Closed on 7 September with 183 applications received. These are currently going through the administrative checks.Top tillage TAMS investments
Under recently released figures, minimum disturbance tillage equipment proved to be the most popular choice among applicants, having received 261 applications over the past three tranches.
Sprayers proved to be the second most popular item in terms of applications on the list, at 134. Surprisingly, pesticide reduction equipment (heavy Cambridge roller, furrow press, etc) featured fifth on the list.
Wheel-changing equipment tanks are sixth on the list, while grain stores rank eighth having received 11 applications. Potato harvesting equipment has received just four applications.
A shift in popularity
Collated figures from the first two tranches show that sprayer sand fertiliser spreaders ranked fourth and fifth, respectively. However, when application figures from the third tranche are included, these items jump to second and third, respectively.
Pesticide reduction equipment (heavy Cambridge roller, furrow press, etc) once ranked second on the list but has now dropped to fifth place.
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Launched in 2017, the TAMS II Tillage Capital Investment Scheme (TCIS) offers grant aid towards the cost of a number of investment items with the intention to help modernise tillage farms.
The fourth tranche of the scheme opened on 8 September and offers 40% grant aid to the €80,000 investment ceiling, excluding VAT for general applications, or 60% grant aid to €80,000 for eligible young farmers. For farmers in a registered farm partnership, the investment ceiling doubles to €160,000.
There has so far been three tranches of the scheme, ranging from tranche eight to tranche 11.
Applications
According to Department of Agriculture figures, 295 applications were received in the first tranche (tranche nine) at 295, making it the most popular tranche so far. Some 279 approvals were issued. This was followed by the third tranche at 183 applications, followed by the second tranche at 173.
Tranche nine – 295 applications received and 279 approvals issued.Tranche 10 – 173 applications received and 161 approvals issued. Tranche 11 – Closed on 7 September with 183 applications received. These are currently going through the administrative checks.Top tillage TAMS investments
Under recently released figures, minimum disturbance tillage equipment proved to be the most popular choice among applicants, having received 261 applications over the past three tranches.
Sprayers proved to be the second most popular item in terms of applications on the list, at 134. Surprisingly, pesticide reduction equipment (heavy Cambridge roller, furrow press, etc) featured fifth on the list.
Wheel-changing equipment tanks are sixth on the list, while grain stores rank eighth having received 11 applications. Potato harvesting equipment has received just four applications.
A shift in popularity
Collated figures from the first two tranches show that sprayer sand fertiliser spreaders ranked fourth and fifth, respectively. However, when application figures from the third tranche are included, these items jump to second and third, respectively.
Pesticide reduction equipment (heavy Cambridge roller, furrow press, etc) once ranked second on the list but has now dropped to fifth place.
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