Given the structure of the Programme, payments are now rolling out on a sector by sector basis over the coming weeks. Payments for farmers in Equine and Poultry Knowledge Transfer Groups have now issued. In each case, there is an EU regulatory requirement that the payment for farmers in Knowledge Transfer Groups must be passed to farmers via the facilitator of their Knowledge Transfer Group. In cases where a farmer is in two Knowledge Transfer Groups, he/she will receive a total payment of €1,125. This Programme has also been shown to have significant social benefits for the farming community in addition to providing important financial support.”“I have always been very supportive of the aims of the Knowledge Transfer Programme.

Source: Irish Independent October 01, 2019 09:00 UTC