REPS planner fees

just do it

Just wondering what lads are paying annually to their REPS planner? I got my bill this morning for €450 inc vat. I don't think its come down despite the payment being cut last year (not that that is their fault).

alderdeer

just do it wrote: »

Just wondering what lads are paying annually to their REPS planner? I got my bill this morning for €450 inc vat. I don't think its come down despite the payment being cut last year (not that that is their fault).

Im with teagasc and its costing €580, tried to get it reduced after the 17% was taken away but no budge, will have to ask again i think after this budget

leg wax

300 here he wanted more of course and i told him i will press the button on the dept web page myself, he took the 300.

charityboy

paid 300 last year ,had no contact with him this year and got paid last friday , 300 last year was to amend the plan

reilig

What are you getting for these prices? How many acres have you got? How big are your reps payments (small, mid-range or maximum)?

razor8

€535 here including vat, same as every year so far for a mid range payment for 30 hectares

leg wax

reilig wrote: »

What are you getting for these prices? How many acres have you got? How big are your reps payments (small, mid-range or maximum)?

farming 120 acres this year and up next year small reps payment under 4000 but still money for nothing.

charityboy

sorry took this thread up wrong ,no fixed yearly cost here , what is the yearly cost for , if its for filling out forms for reps each year and nothing else i would class that as being robbed blind in the current climate,the 300 euro i paid to amend my plan saved me money so no complaints paying that bill ,do my own area aid and reps forms

razor8

charityboy wrote: »

sorry took this thread up wrong ,no fixed yearly cost here , what is the yearly cost for , if its for filling out forms for reps each year and nothing else i would class that as being robbed blind in the current climate,the 300 euro i paid to amend my plan saved me money so no complaints paying that bill ,do my own area aid and reps forms

Really? do you just send these on to local DVO office or what happens. My yearly cost is really for nothing, they just fill up my record sheets for fertiliser applications and calculate organic manure from the amount of meal i use etc

charityboy

yeh i keep the records in a little note book , fill in the forms and send them away ,when i did the 5 years in reps 3 i paid the planner to do my plan and submit it and that was the only money i parted with for the 5 years

just do it

charityboy wrote: »

sorry took this thread up wrong ,no fixed yearly cost here , what is the yearly cost for , if its for filling out forms for reps each year and nothing else i would class that as being robbed blind in the current climate,the 300 euro i paid to amend my plan saved me money so no complaints paying that bill ,do my own area aid and reps forms

Really? I only join in on REPS4 in the last year of it! I assumed the annual return had to be made by an agent as when I was looking into it originally it had to be submitted through an agent.

Yeah annual review includes:

• stock on hand at end of each month
• turn out and housing dates
• meal use & receipts
• fertilizer use & recieipts
• hedge setting, bird boxes etc done & receipts

Agent pays a visit and an hour at the kitchen table does it.

I didn't realise I could do this myself though. There's feck all in it!

charityboy

you will need your planner to sign off for the fourth stage payment in reps 4 so if you fill out your own you wont have to pay him till you need him

blue5000

Farming just over 40ha here, planner is also on here! I think mine is a bit steep at 620 + interest. Was at a reps course rscently and some ppl there were getting it done for 200e /yr. 10% cut in the payment next yr as well.

razor8

just do it wrote: »

Really? I only join in on REPS4 in the last year of it! I assumed the annual return had to be made by an agent as when I was looking into it originally it had to be submitted through an agent.

Yeah annual review includes:

• stock on hand at end of each month
• turn out and housing dates
• meal use & receipts
• fertilizer use & recieipts
• hedge setting, bird boxes etc done & receipts

Agent pays a visit and an hour at the kitchen table does it.

I didn't realise I could do this myself though. There's feck all in it!

theres absolutely nothing to it, im kicking myself now, thats over €1000 i could of saved. i always assumed the planner had to do it. i would say most farmers think this is the situation

Highland

A word of warning - doing it yourself is fine - but if you make a mess of it the penalities are huge. Heard of a case where a guy put a bag of 7:6:17 into his records - had set some spuds in his garden - cost him 2 grand for exceeding his Phosphate allowance.

In REPS 4 fertilser is applied on a field by field basis - you exceed allowance in one field and your in a penality situation even though your overall allowance might be within the limits of the plan. - you will of course not get caught out unless you have an inspection!

Most planners now have IT programmes to make sure the calculations / entries meet the requirements so that you don't end up shafting yourself in the event of an inspection. haggling on the price might be a better idea than DIY - IMO