ECO Schemes
Why our island farmers feel ACRES is a threat to their way of life – and to tourism and biodiversity
Why this Meath farmer will keep growing beans despite this year’s poor establishment
How to balance the workload when dairy farming hots up
Darragh McCulough: They want us to replant, rewet and rethink – but they can’t overlook the emotional cost
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Help rural Ireland flourish by tweaking rules 
Clarkson’s Law-style to encourage farm diversification
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Farmers have less than three weeks to get 2023 BISS application in
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Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: ‘Shed lust’ has got a hold on me – but cold, hard economics are starting to dampen my ardour
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John Heney: How I’m paying the price for getting my timing wrong this spring
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Explainer: everything you need to know about Eco Schemes
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Acres scheme ‘designed to discourage farming’
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Extensive farming to qualify as two Eco-Schemes
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New climate scheme criticised for providing ‘limited opportunities’ to dairy farmers
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Angus Woods: If farmers don’t join eco schemes, we’ll soon be offered a smaller carrot and hit with a bigger stick
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All you need to know about new changes to Eco Schemes
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Eco Schemes are not an attempt to cap production — McConalogue
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Major changes to farmers’ direct payments from 2023
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More CAP details emerge on new ‘eco-schemes’
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