REAP

(Results Based Agri Environment Pilot)

• Small DAFM Pilot to test 'Results Based' approach and prepare farmers, advisors and DAFM for Agri Environment Scheme in new Rural Development Programme in 2023.
• No guarantee of entry
• 2 year duration: 2021 and 2022

This video gives an overview of REAP and what's involved in the pilot project
View a factsheet on the Results Based Agri Environment Pilot

 Who CANNOT apply?     

• Farmers in GLAS, EIPs or Organics

What Fields are eligible?               

• Fields on your BPS in 2020
• Grass fields
• Not tillage fields
• Not peatland with heather

 How to make an Expression of Interest?

• Through a DAFM approved REAP advisor
• Contact your local Teagasc office
• Deadline - Monday 10 May

IF accepted into REAP

• You choose any grass fields totalling 2 – 10 ha
• Your advisor will walk these grass fields in June / July and score field with you using one of two scorecards (Low Input Grassland or Multi Species Ley)
• The score determines the level of payment
• Your advisor will discuss the option of planting trees or hedges

 Field scores based on:

• Number and abundance of grass and non-grass species
• Extent of boundaries
• Margin width: 1m, 2m, 3m (and 5m for Multi Species Leys)

               €

1. Participation Payment: €1200 per year

2. Optional Capital Payment: €1200 in one year only

• €9.20 / tree up to 130 trees or
• €15.80 / m of hedge up to 76m

3. Field Score Payment:

• Low Input Grassland (LIG)
      €250 - €400 / ha based on score of 4-10
      Plus Top up of €50/ha for late mown meadows
      Max €4,500 if 10 ha LIG + late mown meadow at score of 10/10

               or

• Multi Species Ley (MSL):
      €125 - €275 / ha based on score of 4-10
      Max €2750 if 10 ha MSL at score of 10/10

 MAX: €6,900 in one year & €5,700 in other year for a score of 10/10.

             Average payments likely to be half this.