N.Ireland
UFU welcomes further opening of Farm Business Improvement Scheme
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has welcomed the opening of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme Capital (FBIS-C) tier one, tranche...
FBIS
N.Ireland
FBIS-C Tier 2 Tranche 2 application deadline extended
The deadline for Tier 2 Tranche 2 Farm Business Improvement Scheme – Capital (FBIS-C) applications has been extend once more,...
N.Ireland
£12m FBIS-C scheme to open to NI farmers on January 10
Northern Ireland Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced that Tier 2 of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme - Capital (FBIS-C)...
Agri-Business
900 expressions of interest received for NI’s FBIS Tier 2 Tranche 2
Around 900 Northern Ireland farmers have formally expressed their interest in applying for the second tranche of the Tier 2...
Agri-Business
£12 million earmarked for FBIS Tier 2 tranche 2
A total of £12 million has been earmarked for the second tranche of Tier 2 the Farm Business Improvement Scheme...
Agri-Business
FBIS Tier 2 to change to 2-step process for tranche 2
The application process for Northern Ireland's Tier 2 grant has been changed to a two-part process after planning issues hampered...
N.Ireland
94% of farmers take up latest round of FBIS offers
Farmers in Northern Ireland have accepted 94% of offers made by the department under the latest tranche of Tier 1...
N.Ireland
3,800 apply for Northern Ireland’s FBIS Tier 1
Three times as many farmers have applied for the latest round of the Farm Business Improvement Scheme (FBIS) than there are...
Agri-Business
Poots to call for bigger budget for NI’s Farm Business Investment Scheme
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has said he will make the case to increase the budget for the Farm...
N.Ireland
Tier 1: Letters of offer on the way to NI farmers
Waiting time could be up already for those in for Tier 1, as Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and...
N.Ireland
Tier 2: One year on 120 are still waiting for an answer
Almost a year on from the extended closing date for applications, just 30 projects have been approved under the Tier...
N.Ireland
Tier 2: Young farmer says 'farcical' scheme's delay is hitting his milk cheque and bottom line
A young dairy farmer from Co. Down who applied for the Tier 2 scheme says he has almost given up...
N.Ireland
3,000 apply for Tranche 2 Tier 1
Almost 3,000 farmers have applied for the second tranche of Tier 1 of Northern Ireland’s Farm Business Improvement Scheme. Department...
N.Ireland
Just 12 Tier 2 projects approved so far
Just 12 Tier 2 applications have been approved so far in Northern Ireland, figures unveiled by the Ulster Unionist Party...
