Position on Basic Payment Scheme and Solar Panels Clarified by the Department of Agriculture The Cavan branch of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and Cavan Macra na Feirme will host a joint discussion on farm succession planning. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 8, in the Hotel Kilmore, Cavan. The event will commence
Continue ReadingAn online meeting on the Registration of Prescriptive Easements (Rights of Way) took place on Tuesday 20th July 2021 highlighting concerns from farmers on registering rights of way. James Staines from Staines Law gives a presentation covering: what is a right of way the main characteristics of a right of way/easement how a right of way
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Continue ReadingFor the last five or six years there has been uncertainty in relation to how the Department would treat land leased to developers to build solar farms and how this impacts upon your ability to claim your Basic Payment Scheme. We advised clients that there was a risk that all the land occupied by the
Continue ReadingAgricultural law specialist and solicitor James Staines highlights key considerations for landowners who have entered into or been approached by renewable developers to enter into an option agreement. https://www.farmersjournal.ie/understanding-your-options-in-an-option-agreement-760175
Continue ReadingAgtech is the buzz word of the moment in agriculture. No conversation dealing with sustainability, environment or production is complete without a nod to agtech as the golden bullet that will provide the solution to all these problems. The undisputed growth and pervasiveness of agtech (it is here and now) raises the challenging question of
Continue ReadingThe COVID-19 restrictions recently introduced have now been extended for a further three weeks to 5 May. The Regulations setting out these restrictions are provided for under Statutory Instrument 121 of 2020 (the Regulations) introduced under Section 5 of the Health Act 1947 as amended by the Health (Preservation and Protection and Other Emergency Measures
Continue ReadingMore farmers and landowners are been approached by developers looking to enter into Options and Leases for Solar farms.Issues to consider before you decide to proceed:- 1. The development may never happen. There are lots of hurdles in place. Planning permission, grid connection, power supply agreements and finance need to be put in place before
Continue ReadingYet another year has come around and conversations are starting with “Are you going to the Ploughing?” The annual pilgrimage to the largest outdoor agricultural event in Europe is an opportune time to take stock of how Irish agriculture business has progressed and performed over the last 12 months. Many will look at the improvement
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