Youngs farmers scheme

390kid

Has anyone got any information on the young farmers scheme regarding the money you get and what it takes to qualify for it? I've asked a few already and it's a lot of different answers from all directions

Count Mondego

390kid wrote: »

Has anyone got any information on the young farmers scheme regarding the money you get and what it takes to qualify for it? I've asked a few already and it's a lot of different answers from all directions

If you're talking about the SFP topup for young farmers you're too late. Applications closed last May.

390kid

Count Mondego wrote: »

If you're talking about the SFP topup for young farmers you're too late. Applications closed last May.

Ah right I thought you could still apply this year to it

busyatwork

Count Mondego wrote: »

If you're talking about the SFP topup for young farmers you're too late. Applications closed last May.

I applied last april and i have heard nothing since no letter in the post or nothing

390kid

busyatwork wrote: »

I applied last april and i have heard nothing since no letter in the post or nothing

Jesus that's a long wait especially with no word either way

eoinmk2

still waiting on our payment. cant get through to anyone to ask what the story is. just keep being put on hold, then goes to voice mail when we ring about it. anyone else have this problem? or have any suggestions as to who else we can call about it?

390kid

eoinmk2 wrote: »

still waiting on our payment. cant get through to anyone to ask what the story is. just keep being put on hold, then goes to voice mail when we ring about it. anyone else have this problem? or have any suggestions as to who else we can call about it?

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Count Mondego

busyatwork wrote: »

I applied last april and i have heard nothing since no letter in the post or nothing

That doesn't sound right. Did you not email or ring them?

Limestone Cowboy

Count Mondego wrote: »

That doesn't sound right. Did you not email or ring them?

Was the deadline not sometime in March to apply last year?

ganmo

The dept need to start sending confirmation of online applications
This crap of not contacting them to confirm receipt is causing problems

Cavanjack

Got it here with a joint herd number. Money in the bank before Christmas. No hassle at all. Can't understand the delay for everyone else.

MayoAreMagic

Personally, I don't understand the point of closing the scheme at all. If the goal is to get young farmers taking over from older ones and reinvigorate the sector, why only give them a few months to do it? Furthermore, why make them do it at a time of year when farmers are generally very busy as it is?

It should be running every second year - for the full year.

MIKEKC

eoinmk2 wrote: »

still waiting on our payment. cant get through to anyone to ask what the story is. just keep being put on hold, then goes to voice mail when we ring about it. anyone else have this problem? or have any suggestions as to who else we can call about it?

Same here. Consultant rang ,told it's still in the pile, nothing wrong just waiting to get to it

Limestone Cowboy

MayoAreMagic wrote: »

Personally, I don't understand the point of closing the scheme at all. If the goal is to get young farmers taking over from older ones and reinvigorate the sector, why only give them a few months to do it? Furthermore, why make them do it at a time of year when farmers are generally very busy as it is?

It should be running every second year - for the full year.

Changed to May this year, agreed it's a balls tho. No announcement about whether the national reserve will be open this year either.

Sparkles2012

The scheme is after opening in Northern Ireland, hope they announce something here soon too

MayoAreMagic

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Changed to May this year, agreed it's a balls tho. No announcement about whether the national reserve will be open this year either.

Sorry, what was changed to May this year?

Limestone Cowboy

MayoAreMagic wrote: »

Sorry, what was changed to May this year?

Closing date for yfs applications.

MayoAreMagic

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Closing date for yfs applications.

No that was May 2015 I believe.

ganmo

MayoAreMagic wrote: »

Sorry, what was changed to May this year?

Young farmers was May last year, it was the national reserve that was March

Limestone Cowboy

MayoAreMagic wrote: »

No that was May 2015 I believe.

Girlfriends a planner and she said the young farmers is open again this year but there is no announcement about the Nat reserve yet.

tractorporn

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Girlfriends a planner and she said the young farmers is open again this year but there is no announcement about the Nat reserve yet.

Open again?? I haven't gotten paid for 2015 yet!!!!!!!!!

barnaman

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Girlfriends a planner and she said the young farmers is open again this year but there is no announcement about the Nat reserve yet.

are you sure? Nothing on Dept or IFJ about it operating this year.

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/

Normally schemes published there as soon as announced.

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2015/january/title,79655,en.html last years

barnaman

Still waiting on mine too hope to get it before the pension

Limestone Cowboy

barnaman wrote: »

are you sure? Nothing on Dept or IFJ about it operating this year.

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/

Normally schemes published there as soon as announced.

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/press/pressreleases/2015/january/title,79655,en.html last years

She got an email yesterday with all the terms and conditions for 2016 applications so she's fairly sure it will be.

barnaman

Thanks Limestone! Prepared to be plagued with questions from now on!

Limestone Cowboy

Line under the highlighted bit.

barnaman

Fairplay lad.

Unchopped

Are there many still waiting on 2015 nryfs applications to come through yet. We still have no word even though everything was submitted.

tyres

Still waiting this side, request for further information sent back 4 weeks ago..brutal stuff altogether..

larrymiller

Still waiting here aswell

mayota

Still waiting here.

Freejin

Still waiting here as well, got an email from them this morning:

"We are still processing applications and various check are being carried out.  Letters will issue shortly advising applicants  of the outcome of their application"

6480

Freejin wrote: »

Still waiting here as well, got an email from them this morning:

"We are still processing applications and various check are being carried out.  Letters will issue shortly advising applicants  of the outcome of their application"

Got it the other day ,took it's time but came in the end

case5130

Still waiting here

larrymiller

Wonder how long we will have to wait for this years payments

tractorporn

Freejin wrote:

"We are still processing applications and various check are being carried out. Letters will issue shortly advising applicants of the outcome of their application"

I got something very similar to that via email 6 weeks ago so I wouldn't hold my breath!!

sonnybill

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Line under the highlighted bit.

I got YFS top up in 2015, I commenced farming in Jan 13 .. I had it in my head that I'd only get 3 years of top up 15/16/17 as 13/14 had lapsed but according to that literature in attached photo it's 4 years max if farming activity commenced in 13 .. Anyone else in similar situation ?

ODUBHLAOICH

"If the goal is to get young farmers taking over from older ones and reinvigorate the sector, why only give them a few months to do it?" [/QUOTE]

Its a joke, I really wonder about the logic behind it too, I'm 27 and qualified for all of 7 weeks until the 24th of Feb which was the date I got my herd number five years ago. If they genuinely wanted to help young farmers they'd be helping those of us committed to the sector not penalizing us for committing early. If was 39 and just started farming I'd qualify fully.

By the time I got my TAMS II application together for tranche 2, between quotes,planning permission,etc I no longer qualified for Young Farmers TAMS II. Three quaters of the way through my Green Cert too. I thought if you qualified you'd qualify for a year at a time, not couple of weeks. A complete nonsensical joke.