Kerry farmers are being encouraged to sign up for this year’s Organic Farming Scheme.
The scheme is an agri-environment measure under the Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Programme.
Farmers can qualify for payments of up to €220 per hectare as they switch to organic, and up to €170 per hectare when they’ve fully switched over.
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Former election candidate for the Green Party, Cleo Murphy, says the scheme offers opportunity for small family farms in Kerry.
The scheme closes to applications this coming Friday, April 8th.
