Visit us at Block 3 | Row 12 | Stand 202
We look forward to welcoming you to our stand in the Government Village at the National Ploughing Championships.
Our teams are on hand to offer information, advice and guidance.
At the department stand you can:
- See a demo of our new MyAgFood platform
- Talk to us about tree planting options that suit your farm
- Get guidance on Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorous (P) fertiliser allowances
- Declare your closing stock on the National Fertiliser Database
- Discuss steps to reduce your risk of bovine TB
- Register for SCEP training
- And much more … see list below
Supporting farmers: ask about our schemes
Our teams will be available at the Department stand to answer your queries about:
- AgriSnap – our geotagged photo app, which may be used to resolve queries for certain schemes or to support applications.
- Area Monitoring System (AMS)—used to monitor some area-based schemes
- Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme (ANC)
- Beef Schemes
– Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP)
– CSP Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme
– Beef Welfare Scheme 2024
– Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF)
- Conditionality
- Direct Payments
– Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS)
– Complementary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS)
– ECO Scheme
- Entitlements
- National Reserve / Young Farmers Scheme
- Sheep Schemes
– Sheep Improvement Scheme (SIS)
– National Sheep Welfare Scheme 2024
– Sheep Ireland
- Tillage Schemes
– Multi-Species Sward Measure (MSSM)
– Protein Aid
– Red Clover Silage Measure
– Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM)
– Tillage Incentive Scheme (TIS)
- Women in Agriculture
Talks to us about the supports, projects and initiatives promoting best practice and bringing about behavioural change to minimise the risks to the safety, health, and wellbeing of everyone on farms, including farmers, workers, farm families and visitors.
Visit our Farmer Services Hub
Talk to our teams about:
- AgFood Account Services
- Managing my herd online
- Registered Farm Partnerships
- Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS)
- the Department’s Online Services
- Payments and Customer Information
See demos of our new digital services
New MyAgFood.ie demo
We are redesigning our AgFood website.
Visit our stand and see a demo of the new platform and take the opportunity to give us feedback. Your input will impact how we improve the online services provided by the department.
You can also take our short survey. It should take less than 10 minutes and is anonymous.
AIM Services app
The department is introducing a new digital application which allows sheep farmers to notify their farm-to-farm movements online.
The safe and secure app developed by the department is named ‘AIM Services’ and when fully rolled out, will allow keepers to notify all livestock movements directly to the department without the use of paper.
The goal is to provide all livestock keepers with a digital alternative to paper in notifying all required animal movement information directly to the Department.
New climate resilience tool demo
At our stand this year, there will be a team of researchers testing a new digital climate resilience tool for farmers.
The Climate Resilience Tool aims to help farmers improve their resilience, to the impacts of climate change, by providing pathways for practical activities for financial, personal and environmental resilience. Resources will guide proactive decision-making around adaptations farmers can take on their farms.
Agri-environment supports
- Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES)
- Crop advice
- European Innovation Partnerships
- Organic Farming Scheme
Working together to protect water and air quality
Talk to us about how together we can protect and improve water and air quality, including:
- Information on ways to reduce ammonia emissions
- Information on how to reduce the loss of agricultural nutrients in your area
- Get your Interim nitrogen and phosphorous statements (N&P) Statements
- Guidance on Nitrogen (N) and Phosphorous (P) fertiliser allowances for grassland farmers
- Information on the Department’s plan, Water and Agriculture – a collaborative approach
- Supports available, including the Water EIP – Farming for Water
- Teagasc’s “Better Farming for Water” advisory campaign
- Information about the National Fertiliser database
- Declare your closing stock on the National Fertiliser Database
- Register on the National Fertiliser Database, if not already completed
- See all transactions relevant to you recorded on the National Fertiliser Database
- Pesticides Controls
Soil and farmland biodiversity
- The Soil Sampling Programme – a farm level soil sampling and analysis initiative which will provide farmers and their advisors with comprehensive details about the nutrient status, carbon status and indicators of soil health on their farms.
- National Liming Programme
- Protecting Farmland Pollinators
- Land Use
Talk to us about your options for planting trees as part of your farm enterprise, including:
- Agroforestry
- Check the status of your felling licence application
- Continuous cover forestry
- How to plant your first forest
- Forestry grants and schemes
- Native Tree Area Scheme
- Reconstitution Ash Dieback Scheme 2023-2027 and Climate Action Performance Payment Scheme
- Tree planting to suit your farm – see the Farm Forestry Booklet
Biosecurity advice – herd and flock health on your farm
Our teams from our Regional Veterinary Offices; National Centre for Disease Control; Regional Veterinary laboratories; Veterinary Public Health service and our bovine TB Eradication programme, will be available at our stand to answer your queries about:
- The importance of maintaining good biosecurity – prevention is better than cure
- Assessing risks on your farm and taking steps and measures to improve biosecurity
- Internal and external measures that can enhance biosecurity on your farm
- Biosecurity information for registered poultry flock owners
- Herd number queries for our Regional Veterinary Offices
Talk to our bovine TB Eradication team about:
- Biosecurity measures
- the TB Compensation Arrangements Information Booklet for Herdowners
- How to prevent your herd having further bovine TB breakdowns
- How to stop TB from spreading between herds
- How to protect your herd from TB in Badgers and other Wildlife in Ireland