Low Emission Slurry Spreading is one of the tasks in GLASA total of 6,629 farmers opted out of the Government’s Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) this year, it has emerged. The latest GLAS data shows that while 42,000 farmers applied to extend their contract under the scheme for 2021 – this marks a substantial decline from 48,629 applicants in 2020. "Some farmers decided not to extend their GLAS by one year and that accounts for the 6,000 farmers less – they chose not to renew it for this year. "That’s why we have lost 6,000 farmers and that’s less money in the economy,” he said. The GLAS scheme is structured to give priority to farmers with vulnerable lands, for example areas that include sensitive landscapes, water areas or are the habitat of specific wild birds.

Source: Irish Independent April 01, 2021 05:48 UTC