Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, last week announced that farmers in Tranche 1 of the Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES), who have not yet received their advance payments for participation in the Scheme, will recieve an interim payment before the end of the month.
The rate of this interim payment will be €4,000 for those in ACRES general and €5,000 for those in ACRES Co-operation Project.
Knowing the importance of this payment, Minister McConalogue said he is fully committed to rewarding farmers for their environmental ambition.
“My intention is to have this interim payment delivered to those farmers affected across ACRES General and Co-operation by the end of this month.
“The ACRES payments will take into account the interim payments already made to the relevant participants and will issue in June for ACRES Tranche 1 participants.
“In the intervening period, my officials will continue with the payment process as a key priority,” he concluded.
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