Poultry Management and business in tropics

An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara │ Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
New CAP from 2023
Information Sessions
March 2022

2 An Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
CAP Strategic Plan (CSP)
• No change to current 2022 BPS application
• New CAP starts on 1 January 2023.
• CSP was submitted to EU Commission 31 December 2021.
• CSP approval expected September 2022.
• Information presented is subject to change.
• More information will be distributed as we move through 2022.

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Schemes/Interventions
Pillar I Pillar II
Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC)
Complementary Redistributive Income Support
for Sustainability (CRISS)
Agri-environment climate measure (AECM General & Co-
operation)
Complementary income support for young
farmers (CIS-YF)
AECM Training
Eco-Scheme Straw Incorporation Measure
Coupled Income Support for Protein Aid Organic Farming Scheme
National Apiculture Programme On farm investments
Fruit and Veg Producer Organisation Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme incl training
Early Stage support for Producer Organisations
Continuous Professional Development for Advisors
European Innovation Partnerships (EIPs)
Knowledge Transfer Groups
Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme
Sheep Improvement Scheme
Collaborative Farming Grant
Technical Assistance
LEADER

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Running order
• Introduction
• Direct Payments Presentations
• SucklerCarbon Efficiency ProgrammePresentation
• AECM Presentation
• Organics Presentation
• Q & A

Direct Payments from 2023 onwards
Public Information Sessions
March 2022

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• The direct payment schemes are all changing in 2023, with
different funding allocations under each category
• All entitlement values will change in 2023
• Changes planned for clawback mechanism around sales
and leasing of entitlements from 2023 onwards
Key Messages

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• BISS/Basic Income Support for Sustainability (the new BPS)
• Eco-schemes (a new scheme replacing Greening)
• Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (the new Young
Farmer Scheme)
• Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (a
new scheme often called Front loading)
• Coupled Income Support (Protein Aid)
What will make up Direct Payments from 2023?

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• No new allocation in the draft Regulations – no “reference years”
• Number of entitlements stays the same, but the value of each is adjusted to
match the funding ceiling – new average ~€155-160
• Convergence will continue, reaching a minimum of 85% by 2026, in equal
steps
• All entitlement values will fall into a range from ~€130-285 by 2026
• Transfers still possible in the usual way but with some changes to clawback
• All farmers have received a statement of entitlements for 2022, and will
received another statement in February 2023 for the new CAP
Payment Entitlements

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• Lifting of the current clawback on entitlements sold
without land for 2023 and 2024 only
• Imposition of 10% clawback where a farmer leases out
>80% of their entitlements for less than 5 years
• This reflects much discussion with stakeholders and
analysis held throughout the past few years
• Facilitate hand overs, security of tenure, sync with eco-
schemes, strengthen active farmer and targeting
Clawback Changes

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Capping will apply in two separate bands to BISS (payment entitlement value
only)
• Above €100k – 100% capping
• Between €60-100k – 85% reduction
• Maximum BISS payment of €66k – based on entitlements held (i.e. no
distinction whether these are leased/rented or owned)
• No deduction of salaries
Capping
Farmer A: BISS €110k (before capping)
Farmer A: BISS: €66k (after capping)
Farmer B: BISS €80k (before capping)
Farmer B: BISS: €63k (after capping)

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• Total amount dedicated to this scheme is €118m, or 10%
of the total annual budget
• Farmers will receive a payment ~€43 per ha up to a
maximum of 30ha (max benefit ~€1290)
CRISS (front loading)
Farmer A: CRISS €860 (20 ha at €43)
Farmer B: CRISS €1290 (30 ha at €43)
Farmer C: CRISS: €1290 (50 ha but paid 30ha at €43)

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• Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (3% of the
direct payments ceiling, approx. €35m annually)
• No longer based on Payment Entitlements, but on eligible Ha (max
50)
• National Reserve for two categories of farmer:
• Young Farmer
• New Farmer
Generational Renewal

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• Growing complexity of farm structures
• Guiding principle that farmers should not be disadvantaged by
joining a partnership
BUT
• There also has to be fairness
• Not fully resolved yet – issues around how partnerships would be
affected by capping, CRISS and so on will be resolved
Partnerships

• All Payment Entitlement values will change in 2023 – this
must be borne in mind when agreeing leases
• There are changes to clawback around sale and leasing of
entitlements
• Targeting of payments towards farming
activity/environmental benefit/those carrying the farming
risk
• More information will be distributed as we move through
2022
Conclusions

Active Farmer
Land Eligibility
Agricultural Activity
March 2022

Active Farmer
• Holding Level Check
• Check to ensure the
applicant is carrying out the
activity and taking the
agricultural and economic
risk
• Exists within current CAP,
but new implementation is
different

Active Farmer
• Livestock Farmers
• Stocking Rate Check > 0.10 LU/Ha (ANC)
• Lower Stocking Rate may be acceptable
• Previous years data will be used in the first instance
• Tillage Farmers
• Administrative checks – receipts, share farming
agreement…
• Non-Livestock Grassland
• Evidence of maintenance – receipts from sales of
hay/silage

Active Farmer
• Communication
• Mid-2022 – letter will issue to all applicants that,
based on 2021 data are inactive
• Time to adjust farming practice or gather required
evidence
• 2023 CAP Application form
• System will assess holding status
• Inactive Herds – no payments.

Land Eligibility
• Eligible Hectare
• Agricultural area with an agricultural activity &
land is at the disposal
• Many similarities to current rules
• agricultural area is permanent grassland, arable and
permanent crops
• artificial features are not eligible for payment
• land must be farmed – no activity, no payment

Land Eligibility
Changes:
• Ireland is proposing that up to 30% of a parcel can
be made up of feature beneficial to the climate and
environment (e.g. scrub, trees etc.) without the
eligible area being impacted
• Maintenance activity every two years
• Objective of revising definitions is to ensure as much
coherence as possible between P1 and P2

Land Eligibility
Parcel Digitised Area (ha) 14.24
Features (ha)
- X01 (Farmroad) (100%) 0.05
- X02 (Scrub) (100%) 0.38
- X03 (Scrub) (100%) 0.08
- X04 (Scrub) (100%) 0.13
- X05 (Scrub) (100%) 0.07
Maximum Eligible Area (ha) 13.53
Eligible Hectare (ha) 14.19
As the total area of scrub (0.66) (X02 – X05) is less than 30% of
the parcel area the Eligible area is 14.19 ha.

Conditionality
• GAEC 8 – Space for Nature
• 4 % of the area must be made up features beneficial
to the climate and environment
• All farmers must comply
• Hedges, Drains, Field Margins, Scrub etc. qualify
• Natura lands, commonage, forestry with appropriate
weighting factors also qualify
• GAEC 7 – Crop Diversification remains

• Eligible Hectare
• Agricultural area with an agricultural activity &
land is at the farmers disposal
• From 2023, checks will be carried out to check who is
carrying out the agricultural activity
• Distinct from Active Farmer – this is a parcel level check

• Where doubt exists, evidence will be requested
• Distance from the holding
• Commonage applicants
• Tillage Farmers with Grassland but no livestock
• CAP Application Form 2023 – Land Details information
will be requested
• Follow up administrative checks

• Where activity is being
carried out by a third party,
land is deemed ineligible for
payment

Eco-Scheme
March 2022

Background
• From 2023 onwards, Mandatory for Member State – voluntary for farmers.
• Funded within Pillar 1, 25% ring fencing of Direct Payments allocation, c.€297m.
• List of 8 agricultural practices beneficial for climate, environment, water quality &
biodiversity.
• Payment only for interventions going beyond Conditionality and baseline
requirements.
• Annual payment per eligible Ha – not linked to entitlements.

• The Eco-Scheme application process will be integrated with the BISS application and
administered by Direct Payments in Portlaoise.
• Intended that Eco-Scheme payments will issue to farmers annually, in late November/early
December.
• Eligibility – All active farmers who make commitments to observe agricultural practices
beneficial for the climate and the environment.
• Farmer can opt in/out on annual basis, can change agricultural practices annually.
• Farmer must deliver two agricultural practices to qualify for Eco-Scheme payment.
• Agricultural practices are subject to agreement with EU Commission.
Administration of the Eco-Scheme

• Scheme costed based on income foregone and costs incurred in accordance with Art 31 (7) (b).
• Intend to only partially compensate but some flexibility to increase payment rates if uptake is
low.
• In as much as possible trying to avoid overlap of actions with AECM from double funding,
administration, compliance etc.
• If all 129,000 farmers bring in all their current lands, payment rate per hectare will be c.
€66/ha/yr. If only 85% take up (c. 110,000 farmers), payment rate will be c. €77/ha/yr.
Administration of the Eco-Scheme

1. Space for Nature (Non-productive areas and landscape features)
Increasing requirement of land devoted under GAEC 8 to 7%. Enhanced Option: Increasing to 10% (counts as 2 actions)
2. Extensive Livestock Production
Maximum overall stocking rate of 1.5LU / ha for the calendar year. Minimum stocking rate requirements similar to ANC
(0.10LU/ha). Based on 2022 stocking rate, with further checks in 2023.
3. Limiting Chemical Nitrogen Usage
Stocking rate band will be presented based
on previous year’s data. Tillage farmers will have
limit of 139 kgs N/ha .
Proposed Agricultural Practices
Grassland stocking
rate in 2022 (kgs
organic nitrogen per
ha)
Max permitted application of
chemical Nitrogen in 2023
(kgs per ha)
<90 73
91-130 89
131-170 165
171-210 240
>210 214

4. Planting of Native Trees/Hedgerows
A minimum planting rate of 3 native trees OR 1 metre of hedgerow per eligible hectare per annum.
Enhanced Options (counts as 2 actions):
• 6 native trees/ha OR
• 2 metres of hedgerow/ha OR
• 3 native trees AND 1 metre of hedgerow/ha
5. Use of GPS Controlled Spreader and/or Sprayer
Application of at least 60% of chemical fertiliser (compound or liquid) and/or plant protection products to
be applied with a GPS controlled spreader or sprayer. Can be own machine or contractor service.

6. Soil Sampling & Appropriate Liming
Carry out soil sampling on all eligible hectares and apply lime in accordance with the soil test results where
appropriate (only available as an Eco-Scheme action every 3 years once selected).
7. Planting a Break Crop
Planting of a break crop (beans, peas, OSR or Oats or any combination of these crops) on at least 20% of
the arable area.
8. Sowing a Multi Species Sward
Sowing of a multi species sward on at least 6% of eligible hectares in the year the action is selected.

- New scheme from 2023
- Application online at same time as BISS
- Annual voluntary scheme
- Total of 10 actions from which to choose 2*
- Subject to Commission approval of the CSP
Key Points

Suckler Carbon
Efficiency Programme
March 2022

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35 Rialtas na hÉireann | Government of Ireland
Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme
The current overarching policy objectives of Food Vision 2030
are to increase economic and environmental sustainability
within the sector.
Budget and Payment Rate:
• Budget of €260m across 5 years of programme.
• Payments of €225 per hectare for first 15 eligible hectares,
€180 per remaining eligible hectare (ref animals divided by
1.5 LU/Ha).

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Eligibility Requirements:
• Bord Bia SBLAS membership is required as the carbon footprint in the
sustainability audit will be used to measure changes over the course of
the contract. This must be in place prior to application.
• Submit a BISS applications on which all their lands are declared for the
duration of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme.
• Calve down at least 50% of the reference number of animals every
year.
• Every participant will be required to attend a half day livestock handling
course before the end of year 2.
• There will be mandatory training on the implementation of the actions under
the scheme in the first two years of the contract.

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• There will be a historical reference years(s) which will provide a ceiling
for payment, but there will be scope to reduce numbers without
penalty each year.
• Applicants will be presented with their suckler calving data from 2016
to 2021 inclusive and will select 3 years from which an average will be
determined. This will be the schemereference figure.
• Applicants with no data for the years 2016 to 2020 will be regarded as
New Entrants and will declare a target for 2023 at application stage.

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1. Replacement Strategy:
Covers Dams and Sires.
Sires:
• Years 1 & 2 80% of calves produced on the holding must come from a 4/5 star sire.
• Increases to 85% in year 3 & 4.
• Increases to 90% in year 5.
Dams:
• Years 1 & 2 50% of reference figure Dams retained on holding must be 4/5 star.
• Increases to 65% in year 3 & 4.
• Increases to 75% in year 5.

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2. Weight Recording:
At least 70% of the ref number of animals on the holding must be weighed
every year and weight submitted by 1st November annually.
3. Genotyping:
At least 70% of the reference number of animals on the holding must be
genotyped each year of the programme, without repetition.
4. Data Recording:
Participants must provide a range of data through animal events, records
and surveys

Agri-Environment Climate Measure
(AECM)
March 2022

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Structure of this Presentation
 Overview of Scheme - General and Co-op Measures
 AECM Co-operation map
 Results based approach
 Payment rates
 Timelines

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Key features of scheme
• One Scheme two measures - a farmer can only apply for one measure and therefore have one
contract
 General measure
 Co-operation measure
• An eligible farmer in any part of the country may apply to participate in the Scheme which will
also include the submission of Farm Sustainability Plan.
• Intake on a phased basis via tranches for both measures subject to DAFM and advisor
capacity
• Tranche 1 open Q4 2022, Tranche 2 Q4 2023, possibility of a Tranche 3 depending on uptake
• Tiered structure - applicants receive priority entry based on which tier they are eligible for

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Key features
• More environmentally ambitious, more targeted and more innovative
• Broader range of actions
• Move from species specific focus to habitat establishment and enhancement of habitat
quality
• The underpinning principle will be ‘the right action, in the right place’
• Delineation of land areas - to identify high environmental priority area – management
assisted by co-operation groups
• Moving from a prescription based scheme to a hybrid based scheme (prescription based
measures and results based measures).
• Introduction of a farm sustainability plan (FSP)

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TIER 1 Priority Environmental Assets (‘PEAs’)
To qualify for Tier 1, the applicant must commit to completing appropriate
mandatory actions relevant to the Priority Environmental Assets (PEA) on
their holding.
Private Natura
Commonage
Geese and Swans area
Breeding Wader mapped areas
Catchments identified as having high status water - actions appropriate to
local needs, identified in the Farm Sustainability Plan
Conservation of Rare Breeds
Registered Organic farmers will also qualify for priority access under this Tier.

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TIER 2 Priority Environmental Actions
Farmers whose lands include a Vulnerable Water Area may apply for access to
the scheme under Tier 2.
Applicants may also be considered under Tier 2:
 if s/he is a participant in the Native Woodland Establishment Scheme or
GPC 11 – Agro-forestry or if s/he adopts at least one of the tree
planting actions
 In the absence of either of the above, if an applicant
• (whether beef, dairy or sheep) has a whole farm stocking rate exceeding
(›) 130 kg livestock manure Nitrogen per hectare (ha) produced on the
holding, or
• Has more than 30 hectares (ha) of arable crops,
s/he must adopt at least one of the following mandatory actions:
Minimum Tillage; Catch crops; Over winter stubble; Grass margins arable or
Grass margins grassland ; Low input peat grassland

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TIER 3 General actions
These actionsaim to addressclimate change, water qualityandbiodiversitybenefits and may be
chosen in additionto any mandatoryTier 1 or Tier 2 actions
Actions suitable for:
Arable land/temporary grassland
Winter Bird Food (margin or whole field)
Unharvested cereal headlands
Over Winter Stubble
Grass Margins - Arable
Environmental Management of Arable Fallow
Minimum Tillage (Min-till)
Catch crops
Brassica Fodder stubble
Grassland
Low input grassland (results based)
Grass Margins - Grassland
Extensively Grazed Permanent Pasture
Intensive grassland >130 kg organic N/ha
Ryegrass Seed Set for birds
Management of intensive grassland next to a
watercourse
Brassica Fodder Stubble
Farms with a whole farm stocking rate
<100 kg organic N/ha
Low Emission Slurry Spreading
Field Boundary actions
Hedgerow Rejuvenation Coppicing
Hedgerow Rejuvenation Laying
Traditional dry stone wall maintenance
Planting New Hedgerow
Tree Planting actions
Planting Trees – in Rows, Groups, or Parkland
Planting Trees in Riparian Buffers
Tree Belt for Ammonia Capture at farmyard
Resource protection
Riparian Buffer Strip - Arable/Grassland
Riparian Buffer Zone -Arable/Grassland
Low input peat grassland
Conservation of heritage & genetic
resources
Protection and Maintenance of Archaeological
Monuments
Conservation of Rare Breeds (results based)
Planting a traditional Orchard
Species specific:
Barn owl box

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Co-operation Areas
CP Area Approx. Herd numbers
Donegal 4,366
North Connaught Ulster 4,586
North West Connaught 4,682
South Mayo Connemara 4,208
Burren 2,188
Mid West Southern Uplands 8,270
West Cork Kerry 5,117
East South East 1,319
Total 34,796
Farmer uptake expected
60%-70%

Co-operation Measure – structure and
actions
Results-based payments: This is the core payment for all coop group participants. It will relate to the habitat quality
scores for the farmers land. Typically scorecards are used for the following habitats:
• peatlands
• grasslands
• Woodlands
Non-productive investments (NPI): Where a farmer seeks to improve the habitat quality score of their land though
further actions, they can avail of NPIs measure e.g.
• Water provision for livestock
• Control of invasive species
• Improvements to grazing infrastructure
Cooperation actions: Generally relate to actions that may be carried out on a landscape-scale.
• Cooperative teams will develop these depending on local needs and objectives e.g.
• predator control
• fire prevention
• and flood prevention measures

Role of the Co-operation Teams
1.Liaise with NPWS and LAWPRO at a local level to ensure local
priorities and needs are identified
2.Development of a local action plan to deliver optimum environment
benefits
3.Work with farmers and communities to develop appropriate
landscape projects and foster community involvement
4.Provide on going support to advisors and farmers

Results Based Approach
• Payments linked to biodiversity/habitat quality
• Scale 1-10
• Higher quality = Higher Payment level
• Ecological integrity
• Hydrological integrity

High scoring field Low scoring field

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Payment Rates and Funding for AECM
Farmer
Payment (est.
average)
Farmer Payment
(maximum)
Measure cost
(per year)
General Measure
(target 30k farmers)
€5,000 €7,300 €150m
Cooperation Measure
(target 20k farmers)
€7,000 €10,500 €150m
Scheme Cost per year €300m
Total Scheme Cost 2023-2027 €1.5bn
There may be scope for a bonus payment in excess of the maximum payment in exceptional circumstances and subject to T&Cs

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Timelines
1. Expected opening of “Access Agreement” screen on AgFood – to
allow Advisors access client data June 2022.
2. Farm Sustainability Plan and application screens open – Summer
2022.
3. Submission of applications October – November 2022.
4. Approval and commencement of contracts – January 2023.

Organic Farming Scheme
March 2022

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CAP 2023 - 2027
Current: 90,000 hectares of land under organic production = 2% of agric.
Area
Market opportunities
Target: 7.5% UAA under organics by end 2027
Budget of €256m for OFS 2023 - 2027

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OFS Eligibility
• Be an active farmer
• Hold an organic licence at date of submission of OFS
application
• Declare all lands in the applicant’s name on BPS
• Completion of 25 Hour Course in Organic Farming
• Stocking rate requirement 0.10 LU/ha

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OFS Payment Rates
• Horticulture < 6Ha In Conversion €600/HA
< 6Ha Fully Organic €400/HA
• Tillage < 20Ha In Conversion €290/HA
> 20Ha & Up to 70Ha Fully Organic €190/HA
• Dry Stock < Up to 70Ha In Conversion €250/HA
< Up to 70Ha Fully Organic €170/HA
• Dairy <Up to 70Ha In Conversion €330/HA
<Up to 70Ha Fully Organic €250/HA

Final slides
March 2022

Stocking rate requirement
• Stocking rate check will be aligned
• Stocking rate will be based on previous year, with the
potential for the current year to be used
• For example, if a farmer did not reach minimum in 2022,
they could select to use 2023 instead but payments would
not issue until possibly Spring 2024
Scheme Min Max
Active Farmer 0.10 LU/ha n/a
Eco-scheme (Ag practise 2) 0.10 LU/ha 1.5 LU/ha
ANC 0.10 LU/ha n/a
Organic Farming 0.10 LU/ha n/a

Stocking rate coefficients
Species Age Coefficient LIVESTOCK UNIT
per hectare (LU/ha)
Bovine
Under 1 year old 0.4
1 but less than 2 years old 0.7
Male, 2 years old and over 1
Heifers,2 years old and over 0.8
Dairy cows 1
Suckler cows 0.8
Equine animals* 0.8
Sheep and goats 0.1
DEER* 0.3
*Same rules as currently in place forANC (7 month retention requirement, breeding mares
must have bred a foal in the previous 2 years and only 50% of the stocking requirement can
be fulfilled using donkeys, deers only considered eligible subject to an on-site inspection by the
Department)

Helpful tools – www.gov.ie/cap
Stocking rate calculator
You will need:
1. Number of hectares (grassland
and tillage)
2. Expected livestock numbers and
age per month
CAP payment calculator
You will need:
1. Number of hectares
2. Number of entitlements
3. BPS & greening value per
entitlement

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Key timelines for new CAP
• Payment calculator March 2022
• Stocking rate calculator March 2022
• Active Farmer letters June 2022
• AECM application Q3-Q4 2022
• EU Commission approval Sept 2022
• Space for Nature estimates Sept 2022
• Historical stocking rate data Sept 2022
• OFS application Q4 2022
• BISS/CRISS/Eco application Feb 2023
• Statement of entitlements Feb 2023

Questions
Further information:
www.gov.ie/cap

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