New Acres scheme

Advisor asked us if we had any fields that we didnt put fertiliser on (there are a few). He said they were ideal then for the low input grassland option.

That's what I think tbh. The date showing on mine is well in advance of when the final plan (with very significant differences to the initial one) was finalised

I far prefer things I can apply for and manage myself......now the wait to find out if its been made a balls of or not

I'd still pay them the fee to rubber stamp it but the list of people I trust to do things competently is small...I practically do the accounts myself and get the accountants to check and rubber stamp

After experiences with some solicitors and accountants and various assorted flunkies over the years you nearly have to have the job done yourself and know all the answers to the questions you are going to ask in advance.....

Anyone looking at the Riparian zone options?

Looking at the riparian zone. Have 2 options.

1; a bog field that I would just need to close the gate on. Its 4 acres

2; a hilly field on the side of the mountain. It's very rough and parts of it you can't drive on. Its 10 acres, so would need to divide in 2.

At 600 euro an acre it seems handy money. It's a pity a bit more couldn't go into it

Payment for riparian is 5 x the organic but you lose the use of the parcel as such. Depending on the land it could be worth forgoing the organic payment

Also organic thinking of throwing 2hc into riparian as only lose the 60 a hc on it for organic payment, not sure if much hassle though switching parcels between schemes

For the riparian zone measure can you not graze that area at any stage of year?,also what is minimum number of acres you can put into it to qualify and does it all have to be in one block?

Thanks for any feedback.

Yea you can cut and gather after the 1st of Sept so you could make silage of it.

We've a few acres rough we're just going to let go wild. Only downside is that this is ground we're after spending time and money on trying to get it half decent

Thanks for replies,so do you have to fence off at least 2 Ha to qualify for the riparian zone measure payment?

I’m confused!Cant you split Lpis parcel for riparian zone and claim organic on rest of parcel?

What's the situation during Acres with changing your planner? Can another planner just take over?

Are you sure if this? I have a 8ha parcel that was considering fencing off one end. But that would make it a no go.

Thie riparian zone deductions only applies to organic payment if entering acres.no issue if not organic.

Well the acres spec says if choosing riparian zone option then organic payment for the full parcel is foregone.Thats my reading of it anyway maybe im wrong

Main thing is u got ur application submitted on time..Everyone has 2 get an approved planner to submit plan.The annual fees being sought by planners is mad stuff especially if they not even callin out to farm each year.no one is tied to any planner once plan is submitted.