North Antrim Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay is inviting local farmers to come to a presentation by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) on Tranche II of the Farm Modernisation Programme. The meeting will be held at Loughgiel Millennium Centre this Thursday 11th November at 7pm. The deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 26th November.
Mr McKay said
"Officials from the Department will be at the meeting to outline the key elements of the Farm Modernisation Programme (FMP) including eligibility, criteria and advice on how to submit online applications. Tranche two of the FMP is open for application for a six week period from 18th October until Friday 26th November 2010.
“All applications received will be scored individually at the end of the application period and those awarded the highest marks will receive funding from the £7m that has been made available.
"The Minister's objective with this tranche of FMP is to target disadvantage by focussing on those farms within the Less Favoured Areas, where a need for modernisation is great. FMP is about modernisation and those people who operate in difficult farming and environmental circumstances everyday. The intention is to ensure that those farmers should receive that modernisation opportunity within this second tranche of the Programme.
"Any farmers in the local area who have questions pertaining to the FMP or need advice on completing applications should feel free to attend the meeting we have organised for Loughgiel on Thursday night."
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