AECM Environmental Scheme

Texted Dept of ag on phone no. in journal and I'm in area for the co-operation stream ( higher payments but probably more to do? ) Will wait to see detail but good to have both options open

Does that mean if you are in area for cooperative stream you have to go for it?

I take it from the pigs in pokes statement its not clear what you will have to do or how much it will end up costing?

thus meaning the scheme may not be all that beneficial to be in?

Ah...and its hard to measure or be sure of what the results will be........I must see if I can get some detail, I hate the idea of signing up to anything with a lack of detail

Goes against the grain, I like to read the small print.

I guess it comes down to the fact that all those schemes you mentioned were found by EU auditors to be a colossal waste of money that achieved little. Alot of blame to go around on that but primarily it lies with DAFM.

Yeah, that's their MO.....I've lost count of the number if times I've fallen far the flashy headline claiming to give info on X or Y only for it to be a straightforward run down of generalities with none of the more specific details I'd be looking for

Fool me twice (and many more times in fairness 😅 shame on me I suppose.....

Attended the so called " training day" for this today.specific details on payments for different measures are not yet available & many other details not yet either, probably in my opinion a bit soon these training days happened without knowing the above in print.

Will be middle of August when the planners get the fine details & applications supposed to open from October through to November so a short window maybe for consideration & then for planners putting a plan together.

Being in all past schemes here for over twenty years now, what little i did hear on it today, didn't appetise me much yet. Average payment looks like it will be 5k, max of 7300, co op scheme is 10k seemingly, but not applicable inland was told??

Payment rates not keeping up with inflation in any event.

Am in co-op catchment area, from what I read 34000 farms in these areas but 20000 places available. Most of these areas I assume are poorer land ( no offence to anyone 😀 ) and will have a high application rate to the scheme meaning good number wont get in on first go. This will push people towards maybe doing more to get in????

Once the measures get released, we'll have a better idea. I think it will have a large take-up anyway. Anyone that was in GLAS will surely go for it. It's a lot of money to leave behind it you're used to getting it in fairness.