New Acres scheme

That's the main issue...I was happy enough doing my own admin, I don't mind paying but it's a pain in the hole not being sure what's happening.

Has to be the planner. The photos has to be uploaded to their software that the farmer will not have access to.

Is that five days after mowing??.?

Ah sorry...I thought it might be for the up to 400 a hectare scorecard one.

Happy I didn't fully launch....

Ah yeah.....In my head I initially didnt realise it was for a meadow option...I knew they needed a photo for the low input grassland one too and thought it was that and I'd misunderstood

I think I was teetering on the edge of complete outrage at the thought there wouldn't be any evidence of these fantastic wildflowers if I was forced to mow it a couple of days beforehand😅

It didn't even compute how odd it was that you had to mow what was supposed to be grassland .... I'm only one step away from becoming one of those outraged lads on the street shaking their fist at the sky.

I doubt it, it's not wild flower seed type mixes they'll be looking for anyway.

The best option was to opt for the no inspection LIPP as long as you had 4-5 grasses in the sward and a few dandelions you were ok.

If you click on the link it will open a file. Click on Farmland Plant Identification Key - Species Guide which downloads a pdf file showing all the flowers.

https://www.gov.ie/en/service/f5a48-agri-climate-rural-environment-scheme-acres/#farmland-plant-identification-key-species-guide

Has anyone got a bill from their advisor for land that is in the ACRES Co-operation zone??

As far as I'm aware, all they've had to do so far was hit the expression of interest button as the specific area plan would dictate what measures would be applicable in each Co operation zone...

Was surprised to get one is all, as we rarely have contact with him and were already debating whether we would participate..

Are you saying your advisor applied on your behalf even though you hadn't told them to?

Ya, we've only used this guy for AEOS, GLAS etc and only have interaction at the beginning of each scheme's plan as the land is designated SAC. Haven't spoken to him in a couple of years!!

Was just wondering had anyone else with land in a Co-operation area got a bill from their advisor for doing nothing!!!!!!

I'm in a co operation zone, unlike you I did meet with my advisor, we went though what he could and could not pick at that point for the general actions and explained in good detail as to why I could or could not pick the actions. I got my bill last week from him, less then I thought it would be which was a nice surprise.

Well for the initial 7500 you have actions to pick have you not??? ( As always I'm open to correction) I know I picked Connemara pony's, and stone wall maintenance, he went through all the walls picked out the max number of meters I would be allowed and marked them down on the map online. The low input permanent pasture has to be scored in say June, in the CP zone your fields have to be scored you can't take a flat price per ha, so he could not say how much he would be able to claim without an inspection. It was anywhere from 400ha to 0ha depending on the levels of flowers etc and that for me was what made up the rest of the figures to 7.5k

The CP zone makes up an additional 3k which they have not decided yet which actions they will be going with.

Ah yeah fair enough if they called out about the walls. I have no stone walls so it wasn't an option for me.

I agree Massey, but I always had in mind planting trees. These will all be next to boundary fences. I am really interested in silvi/agriculture and these will not reduce my organic land.