United Kingdom: Year one of protein crop trial heavily subscribed in Northern Ireland

Published 2021년 8월 30일

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The article highlights the success of Northern Ireland's Protein Crop Payment Pilot Scheme, which has seen 80 farmers successfully apply for the scheme's first year, with a total of 679.92 hectares accepted and a total payment of £224,578 made. The scheme, which provides support at a level of £330/ha, will continue into 2022 with an annual budget of £330,000, and has so far avoided any anomalies in the inspected crops. The scheme does not include forage crops such as alfalfa and lucerne. CAFRE also provided an overview of the pre-harvest management of spring beans, including the importance of desiccation and potential storage options.

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The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has confirmed that 80 farmers successfully applied for the first year of Northern Ireland’s Protein Crop Payment Pilot Scheme. The support measure will continue into 2022. According to CAFRE’s head of dairy, pigs, poultry and crops, Don Morrow, a total of 679.92ha have been accepted for the scheme this year. It provides support at a level of £330/ha, bringing the total payments to farmers up to £224,578. The eligible crop breakdown for 2021 is as follows: spring beans- 593.17ha; spring peas – 47.233ha; winter beans – 23.17ha; spring sweet lupins – 15.7ha. Morrow spoke at recent CAFRE webinar. He confirmed that 10 of the 80 farms submitting successful applications had received an inspection, adding: No anomalies were found. All the crops inspected were growing well with only minor adjustments made where submitted acreages are concerned.” The protein scheme has an annual support budget of £330,000, covering up to 1,000ha. ...

Source: UKAgriLand