Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D, has launched a new Baling Assistance Payment (BAP) scheme to run in tandem with the Straw Incorporation Measure (SIM).
The BAP scheme is a payment available to successful applicants to the SIM 2024 who have withdrawn a parcel from SIM and decided to bale the parcel instead of chopping/incorporating.
The payment is €175 per hectare for eligible SIM crops, subject to a minimum of 1 hectare and a maximum of 40 hectares.
The eligible crops under BAP are Wheat, Oats Barley and Rye. Oilseed Rape is not an eligible crop under the Baling Assistance Payment.
The Minister commented;
Following discussions with the farm organisations, I am now launching the Baling Assistance Payment Scheme.
The €175 per hectare Baling Assistance Payment will encourage tillage farmers to consider baling their SIM cereal crops, instead of cropping and incorporating them.
I am also encouraging livestock farmers to be proactive and order sufficient fodder supplies.
As stated previously I believe that pro-active action is necessary to prevent a potential fodder issue for many farmers this year.
The BAP Terms & Conditions and Frequently Asked Questions are available on the Department’s website at: gov – Baling Assistance Payment (BAP) 2024
Contact:
Email: Tillage@agriculture.gov.ie
