Figures on tillage crop areas for 2024 show that the overall tillage area has remained relatively stable, despite “various pressures”, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
Applications to the Basic Income Support for Sustainability Scheme (BISS) after the closing date for amendments on May 31 showed that the overall area for tillage crops in 2024 is 334,450ha which is a reduction of approximately 1% from 2023.
Over the last four years, the overall crop area, which account for cereals, maize, oilseed rape, protein crops and beet, has increased by almost 21,000ha or 6%.Wet weather in autumn […]
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