New grant for lime

More schemes to find out where the peat soil is..🤣

I think you need soil results take. Within the last 5 years to prove a need for lime

Lime to west Cork was 23 per ton last Sept.... Now 30 per ton.... As usual anything grant aided just shoots up in price 🙄🙄

To be fair lime went up this past year without a grant like everything else.

theprice relitive to Fertilizer probably had a bigger influence

Because the dept already have their soil sample reports and it's already part of the dero to spread lime.

But the main reason is the soil samples. The 8m will go further without them in it.

Plus we've the weakest farm lobby to confront the dept since the foundation of the state. The lobby are a bag of cats pulling on each other with the dept grinning.

General principle is that they don't give grants for something that you are already obliged to have in place.

Occasionally they can deviate from this. One example was that when they brought people under mandatory LESS a few years ago, there was a years grace period under which you could still apply for equipment under TAMS

I suspect that the Dept may control the representative group's by carrot and stick, it's all covered under the right of inspection.

To get around this we'd need professional people running the farm organisations with no direct hand in the industry, but this could could cause as many problems as it would solve.

If they get soil samples of all peat based grassland for €16 a ton of lime, might be great value, while keeping an eye on fert use also.

After all said I think it's very good idea.

I suspected that may have been the idea, they'll get the info one way or another.

I doubt there would be any issue spreading less than planned

Spread away - once you've applied you can spread away and claim for it later in the year when the system is up and running.

100% - everyone will probably only get paid for 10 ton this year

Don't think so

a lot of schemes are over subscribed but are never actually fully drawn down by the farmer. If I was a betting man I’d wager anyone who applies for the grant will get the full amount

Heard nothing, think we won't bother as work is backing up due to the rain. A lot of second cut to be done and slurry to get out.

Been meaning to check on line but keep forgetting, must do it tonight.

I recently spread 20t ,got charged 720 ,that's a lot more than €16 per ton .quarry had no idea how the grant system is supposed to work .

I was charged 27 a tonne for supply and spreading last year

Mine is working out at €36 a ton

got 25 t last year for €700 , so it's gone up as expected

Is there much difference in the limes and wats roadstones lime like

Spreading is included in Roadstone's price, well it was included earlier this year.

The stuff coming from Barley hill is good. Can’t speak for any of the other quaries

Getting 100T spread this year @ 35 euro, thats 3.5K. Max I can claim is €640. Better than nothing I suppose.